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• Spring Catch Up

  

  Although the past three weeks I have been mentally preoccupied with something else and spring 'happened' some time during that period it feels like there isn't... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Tale of Two Springs

  

  The working title of this blog post was 'Testicles on My Head'. Gaz was daring me to go ahead with it, and usually I would oblige but at the last minute opted... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Three Climate Greenhouse

  

  On the final instalment of our feature on Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam we'll be sharing photos of our walk through their most interesting greenhouse... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Palm Greenhouse at Hortus Botanicus

  

  We continue our feature on Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam with the second of their three greenhouse attractions - the Palm Greenhouse. Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Butterflies and Baja California

  

  We continue our tour of Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam by featuring the first of their three greenhouse attractions - The Butterfly Greenhouse. The other two... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Tiny, But Packs a Punch!

  

  The Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam is one of the oldest botanic gardens in the world and is located within the centre of the city which makes it very convenient... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Droog Garden

  

  Droog is a design company based in Amsterdam and their studio curates various modern objects for the home and other spaces. Since we're in the city we paid thei... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Happy Face

  

  After all the cutting back and scrubbing of last weekend it was time to let go of grumpiness and don a happy face. The best antidote sometimes is to get away... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Other People's Garden

  

  It was a long, hard working week and with the weekend looming I was looking forward to our downtime which includes doing some gardening. Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Indoors, Outdoors

  

  In the summer of 2013, we had a number of major upheavals, mostly planned although not all! One of the planned upheavals was the addition of the conservatory... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Exotic New Purchases

  

  Last weekend was a mixed bag of activities for us, especially on the Saturday where we somehow managed to fit in lots of different things all in one day, and ye... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Chop Chop Time!

  

  Chopping action continues in the garden now that spring is just around the corner! The weather was sunny and bright during the weekend, very spring like and... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Living Memory

  

  No gardener likes to see plants die (well most of the time anyway, and there are exceptions of course). Especially if that plant has a memory attached to it. Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Déjà Vu

  

  First day of March yesterday and although I'm still feeling groggy from winter I got stuck in did some tidying up in the garden. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Late February Colour in the Garden

  

  Last week of February already, how fast does time fly? Mind you it also means spring is definitely just around the corner! Most garden bloggers in the UK seems... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Broken Traditions

  

  We didn't make it to the first RHS plant show of the year which was held last weekend. The second tradition we have broken since we have started this blog. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Helping Hand

  

  Some plants looks so lovely in person but are so hard to take photos of that can convey their pleasing character on to images. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Garden Blogger's Bloom Day February 2015

  

  This is going to be a slightly unique Bloom Day for us, we're only featuring one plant... Walking around a garden centre near us earlier today we spotted one... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Whilst Not Looking

  

  As it is winter we don't spend that much time in the garden as we would in the spring or summer. So it's easy enough not to notice some details, like this... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Bare Bones and Skeletons

  

  As I was about to write this post it occurred to me that the title could imply that I'll be talking about the 'bones and skeletons' of a garden - the plants... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING