Winter Sun
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I love it when it’s cold and sunny. I can tolerate the frostiest weather so long as I have the sun’s rays on my […]
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A Potting Shed Christmas
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If you’ve not put two and two together yet, I’ll let you into a little secret: when I am not writing this blog […]
When The Wind Blows
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I am not a cold person, temperature or temperament wise, but when the wind blows from the north, as it did this weekend, I […]
Preparing The Watch House for Winter
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When I left my garden, in early October, it was still a summer garden. By the time I returned, at the end of […]
Nan Lian Garden, 南蓮園池, Hong Kong
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“A classical garden in a modern city. serenity in the midst of urban hustle and bustle. Ingenious imitation of nature by man” The […]
Chi Lin Nunnery 志蓮淨苑, Hong Kong
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Three cheers for British Airways! Why? Because without them charging £1000 more to travel on a Friday night versus a Saturday night, I […]
Song Shan Sunset
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I’ve been away for over two weeks and the novelty is starting to wear off. Although I consider myself a sociable person, spending every […]
Daily Flower Candy: Zephyranthes carinata
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Zephyranthes carinata : rosepink zephyr lily, pink rain lily, Indian crocus The parts of China I’m required to visit on my buying trips […]
On The Moove
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I’m on the road again. Or rather I’m in the skies and generally racking-up the air miles. It’s buying season and there’s no rest […]
Great Dixter Autumn Plant Fair 2017
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My last hurrah before departing for India was a trip aross Kent to the Great Dixter Autumn Plant Fair. I neither had the […]
Heligan Harvest
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I first started visiting The Lost Gardens of Heligan as a student in the very early 1990s. By then the Tremayne family’s forgotten […]
Eternal Eden
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I can smell Cornwall before I can see it. Driving across the ancient border between Devon and Cornwall at night it’s pitch black, […]