Chelsea 2013: The Arthritis Research UK Garden
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As the clock ticked around to 8pm on Wednesday evening, we finally reached the Arthritis Research UK Garden, winner of a gold medal and […]
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Chelsea 2013: The M&G Centenary Garden ‘Windows Through Time’
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Of all this year’s Chelsea gardens, Roger Platt’s design for the main sponsor, M&G Investments, is easy to love. Some may describe it as […]
A Spring Spectrum – Sandling Park, Kent
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There are those that frown upon the lusty delights of rhododendrons, camellias and azaleas. I am not one of them. I expect these naysayers […]
Ten Thousand Flowers
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Today I am celebrating the ten thousandth visit to The Frustrated Gardener. I can’t quite believe we’ve made it this far. Thank you for […]
Saltwood Castle, Hythe, Kent
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The far south east corner of Kent is frequently overlooked, regarded by many as nothing more than the down-at-heel gateway to the delights of […]
The Savill Garden, Windsor Great Park.
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Lysichiton camtschatcensis, The Western Skunk Cabbage. Last weekend the sun came out. For those of you who are not British, sunny weather, even when […]
Paradise Found – Bumthang to Punakha
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First off, meet these cheeky grey langurs we met steeling bags of salt near the pass at Pele La. They’re not rare, but they […]
Let the Show Begin!
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After almost four weeks away from our coastal garden I am back in the driving seat. For a fleeting moment this morning it felt […]
Bumthang in Bloom
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You’d be forgiven for thinking we’d transported ourselves to Switzerland but, no, this is Bhutan’s cultural heartland, Bumthang. Four bucolic pine-clad valleys make up […]
The Valley of the Black Cranes – Gangtey and the Phobjikha valley
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I once read that your preference for different kinds of landscape stems from a deep seated evolutionary instinct related to the race you’ve descended […]
Flowers in the Forest – Over the Dochu La Pass
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Much of the driving in Bhutan is tortuous and faintly terrifying. It’s best to pay as little attention as possible to where the car […]
Thorny Subjects – Paro to Thimphu
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Before I start waxing lyrical about the botanical delights of Bhutan, which are plentiful, I should firstly point out that our trip is not […]