The life and loves of a time-poor plantsman
Joyful and life affirming is how I’d describe the garden at Old Bladbean Stud. Hidden among the labyrinthine lanes of South East Kent, owner Carol Bruce has created a garden of great substance from a site that was utterly derelict as recently as 2003. It’s a rarity these days to come across a new, large garden […]
Read MoreIn honour of Him Indoors’ birthday we’ve had a lovely long weekend in northern England. We managed to squeeze in five completely different gardens – Durham University Botanic Garden, Wallington and Herterton in Northumberland, The Valley Gardens in Harrogate and finally RHS Harlow Carr. More on these coming very soon. All shared one thing in […]
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Above, ‘Mid Century Modern’ designed by Adele Ford and Susan Wilmott We’re so accustomed to the British Summer being a wash out, it’s a wonder we haven’t all given up on creating that hot, Mediterranean garden of our dreams. We were promised global warming and were delivered a long series of soggy summers and boggy […]
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It was a hot, dry and dusty Hampton Court Flower Show this year. I returned home with my blue suede shoes looking more like I had crossed the Sahara than the City of London. The summer sun made recording the show gardens on camera hard work, everything looking more or less bleached out. A bit […]
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Apart from the anticipation of seeing all my wonderful friends, one of the highlights of preparing for my 4oth birthday party was arranging the flowers. It’s a difficult time of year to know what to do in the floral department. There’s the risk of making arrangements look too Christmassy, but at the same time I […]
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