Looking good
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I have to admit that just at the moment I am feeling reasonably content with how the garden is shaping up. It is 5 […]
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Summer scents
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July is the month when our seaside garden is at its most fragrant. In a normal year we’ll spend many happy evenings outside, enjoying […]
It’s raining again
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After the wettest June on record, I can’t help wondering if July will follow suit. Apparently we are in for a month’s rain over […]
Hampton Court Flower Show 2012 – Top Picks
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So, it finally stopped raining and I was able to spend a few enjoyable hours in the grounds of Hampton Court Palace, soaking up […]
Hampton Court, here I come!
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Today the office, tomorrow the Hampton Court Flower Show. Only the second time I have ever been, so I am VERY excited. On my […]
Sensational Sissinghurst (Part 2 – White Heat)
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The White Garden at Sissinghurst is arguably one of the most admired and imitated gardens in the world. It began as an idea in 1939, all […]
Beautiful Stranger – Beschorneria yuccoides
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This weird and wonderful creature is Beschorneria yuccoides, a rare but hardy yucca-like plant, flowering in our seaside garden last year. Its bluish-green leaves […]
Sensational Sissinghurst (Part 1 – Wall Flowers)
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The gardens of Sissinghurst Castle in Kent must be amond the best known in England, if not the whole of Europe. They are the […]
Oops! I did it again
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Well, it was always going to happen. A dear friend and I made the lengthy pilgrimage to Sissinghurst today and we returned home with […]
So far, so good!
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It is now just over three weeks since I started this blog, and so far it’s been a great experience. I hoped it might […]
Other People’s Gardens No.2 – Goodnestone Park, Kent (Part 2)
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One thing all this rain and cool weather has been good for is prolonging the flowering period of spring and early summer plants. Back in […]
Super-sized Lilies
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Although I instantly recognised this giant amongst plants, it was only from seeing pictures in books and catalogues over the years. But coming across […]