Hampton Court Flower Show 2018: The Santa Rita ‘Living La Vida 120’ Garden
Reading time 8 minutes
I am becoming predictable. Just as at Chelsea, it was a contemporary garden featuring a blast of vibrant yellow and a generous entertaining […]
Agapanthus
How to Persuade Agapanthus to Flower
Reading time 11 minutes
It’s a good year for agapanthus here at The Watch House. A rough count of the flower heads produced by Agapanthus africanus tops […]
Midnight Blooms
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I have a new torch and I don’t mind admitting I am rather taken with it. The last one was indestructible but about […]
In The Garden This Week: Clashing Colours
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Royal blue and orange, canary yellow and purple, candy pink and red, fresh lime and magenta – our coastal garden is packed with clashing […]
Que Sera Sera ….
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… Whatever will be will be, as the song goes. I have reached a point now where all I can do is clean and tidy […]
A Touch of Frost
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Last week Jack Frost paid the South East a visit, spreading his icy fingers over fields, woods and gardens. The scenes at sunrise were breathtaking, […]
Stars of the Solstice
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The winter solstice is the longest night and shortest day of the year, this year falling on Sunday December 21st. The Earth’s axis tilts the […]
The Watch House NGS Open Weekend 2014
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It was about this time last year when our friend Beth began twisting our arm to open for the National Gardens Scheme. We took […]
Gardening Leave
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No, I haven’t quit my job or been given my marching orders, but I have taken a couple of days off to prepare the […]
Jungle Warfare
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At a certain point each year our seaside garden passes from a neat, orderly state into jungly bedlam. It becomes increasingly hard to move around without getting […]
Hampton Court Flower Show 2014: Vestra Wealth’s Vista
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I had never heard of Vestra Wealth before this year’s Hampton Court Palace Flower Show and that’s for one very good reason – I […]
The Watch House Awaits….
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In just less than two weeks, we open our garden at The Watch House in Broadstairs for the National Gardens Scheme. It has not been […]