The Stage is Set
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The stage is finally set for our open weekend on August 1st and 2nd. Any changes I make from now on will appear too obvious, […]
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Rained Off
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There is probably something amiss in your life if Mondays are a day when you look forward to taking a rest. Mulling over why my weekends […]
All Systems Go!
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Here at The Watch House we are steadily building up to our second annual National Gardens Scheme open weekend on August 1st and 2nd. Unlike last […]
Jolly Hollyhocks
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Long standing followers of The Frustrated Gardener will know that I have something of a crush on hollyhocks (Alcea). So it was no surprise […]
Afternoon Delight
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After a night of tumultuous storms, Saturday, the day of our friend Karen’s annual beach hut party, dawned bright and fresh. We made our […]
“Some Like it Hot …
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….. and others do not. I am one of the others.” The Frustrated Gardener, July 2015 Visiting Hampton Court Palace Flower Show in 35 […]
Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2015: Design Heaven or Style Circus?
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Just two days to go until the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show opens to the public and I’ve finally had five minutes to see […]
Finding Serenity in Stoke Newington
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For as long as I can recall my uncle has lived in Stoke Newington. Known affectionately as ‘Stokey’ by locals, this appealing enclave in […]
A Year in the Vegetable Garden
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We would not describe ourselves as vegetable gardeners, at least not yet, but since we completed a project to build raised beds in our […]
Daily Flower Candy: Convolvulus sabatius
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Mention the name bindweed and the first thing that springs to mind is one of gardeners’ greatest horrors, hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium). Undoubtedly beautiful in […]
GROW London 2015
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A post about GROW London, the capital’s newest, freshest garden show, is one of the many that never found its way out of my […]
Wallowing in the June Gap
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We are in the midst of a period known to gardeners and beekeepers as the June Gap. Both of our gardens have become a […]