New Plants At The Watch House: August 2019
Reading time 13 minutes
Both gardens were overflowing with plants long before August arrived. There was a point at which getting from the garden gate to the front […]
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Tremenheere Treats
Reading time 11 minutes
We were all set to go to the rare plant fair at Tregrehan in Cornwall last Sunday. My train was booked months ago, the […]
New Plants On The Block: Impatiens balansae and Entelea arborescens
Reading time 7 minutes
Followers of The Frustrated Gardener will already know that I am an inveterate plant collector. If I’ve not seen or heard of a plant […]
Hampton Court Flower Show 2018: Best in Show – The Bursting Busy Lizzie Garden
Reading time 10 minutes
Who would have imagined that a garden jam-packed with common-or-garden Busy Lizzies would win a gold medal the prestigious Hampton Court Palace Flower […]
Heligan Harvest
Reading time 9 minutes
I first started visiting The Lost Gardens of Heligan as a student in the very early 1990s. By then the Tremayne family’s forgotten […]
Tales from the Garden Room
Reading time 7 minutes
“If one is going to tell a story with plants, it may as well be an adventure story.” I love all […]
Great Dixter Spring Plant Fair 2017
Reading time 10 minutes
Every visit to Great Dixter is a treat, but when the additional carrot of a plant fair is dangled in front of my […]