Soaked
Reading time 6 minutes
“It never rains, but it pours” is an English expression which means that when troubles come, they all come together. This week the […]
Weather
Chatsworth Flower Show 2017: The Wedgwood Garden – A Classic Re-imagined
Reading time 9 minutes
I can scarcely believe it’s over a week since that fateful press day at Chatsworth Flower Show where we all got drenched and […]
Chatsworth Flower Show 2017: The IQ Quarry Garden
Reading time 7 minutes
What is it about the appeal of quarry-inspired gardens this year? Is because as a nation we seem determined to dig ourselves into […]
Chatsworth Flower Show 2017: Press Day
Reading time 6 minutes
Today the famous British weather excelled itself … in drenching everyone from Mary Berry to Alan Titchmarsh, in flattening countless delphiniums and in […]
Signs of Spring
Reading time 6 minutes
I’ve been out of town this weekend, enjoying the delights of Surrey’s innumerable hostelries in the company of my university friends. It’s the […]
Goodnestone Rising
Reading time 8 minutes
It was possibly a little too early to go out snowdrop spotting. In another year it might almost have been too late, but […]
Frost Proof
Reading time 4 minutes
The weather in the South East has continued to be bitterly cold this week. Our seaside garden, normally sheltered from frost, must have succumbed […]
Beach Blanket Boxing Day
Reading time 5 minutes
It has been a long time since Him Indoors and I spent Christmas at our seaside house, but it is good to be […]
So Far, So Good!
Reading time 4 minutes
Day two of our garden opening is always a more relaxed affair and I am thoroughly looking forward to it. On day one […]
Daily Flower Candy: Hosta “Halcyon” AGM
Reading time 3 minutes
Alright, enough now, all this wet stuff has been marvellous but where’s the sun? This time last year it was scorching – so scorching […]
Sunshine and Showers at Saltwood
Reading time 9 minutes
I have met some Americans who believe all us Brits live in quaint thatched cottages and are intimately acquainted with The Queen. We might […]
Balmy Boxing Day
Reading time 6 minutes
I began my traditional Boxing Day post last year by commenting on the unusually mild weather that lead up to Christmas. Had I known […]