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• Views From The Jungle Hut

  

  The weather has been really nice here for the past few days, very summery! And one of our favourite places to sit in the garden and soak in the good weather... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Scheffleras in The Garden

  

  We grow several Scheffleras in the garden and feature them quite regularly but not always as a group. I was meaning to feature them collectively as they were al... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Car, The Commercial, and a Stunning Succulent Garden

  

  It all started a few years ago when I saw the commercial for a Vauxhall Corsa (or Opel Corsa in the continent) wherein a beautiful woman was struggling to... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Summer Solstice to Remember

  

  Or rather I should say a long summer solstice weekend to remember! It is Sunday night as I write this and as I look back over the rest of the weekend that's jus... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Grow London - The Contemporary Garden Fair

  

  Today will be the official start of the Grow London - The Contemporary Garden Fair, a three day gardening event in Hampstead Heath, London but last night they... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Foliage Follow-Up June 2014

  

  Our Foliage Follow-up this month (a follow up to yesterday's Bloom Day) is going to be a bit unique. Instead of highlighting individual foliage plants I will... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Garden Blogger's Bloom Day June 2014

  

  Time flies so quick and it's the middle of the month again which means Bloom Day! Taking photos earlier in the day I was thinking that I bet loads of other... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Favourite Plant of the Week - Magnolia Macrophylla Subsp. Ashei

  

  As I was watering the garden this evening I caught glimpse of the Magnolia macrophylla subsp. ashei growing on the raised in front of the jungle hut and saw tha... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Miss Photogenic

  

  So many plants are looking very beautiful in our garden at the moment, with it being early summer and all. One in particular has been especially catching my... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• It's a Jungle out There

  

  Almost a year after that fire, the garden is starting to feel like a jungle again. The plants that were damaged but not killed have in the main shrugged off... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Hairy Knuckles Awakening

  

  Remember those tree ferns we bought a few weeks ago? Well the ones we were waiting for have arrived and been planted out shortly after (more on about this on a... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Rainy Day Randomness

  

  I was all set to write about something in particular but I had to change plans as it was so rainy and gloomy when I got home this afternoon that it wasn't... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Let There Be Light

  

  We had been thinking about adding additional lighting to the garden recently - it can feel quite spooky almost after dark. So it was rather fortunate to... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Paint, Scrub, and Polish

  

  The more observant may have noticed that Mark has been writing the majority of the blog posts recently. I was thinking earlier about why I had not written as... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Cotswold Garden Flowers

  

  A couple of weekends ago we paid Cotswold Garden Flowers a visit to see what treasures they have for sale in their nursery. It is owned by well known plantsman... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Garden in May

  

  So how has our garden been doing in the merry month of May so far? The last week has been a very productive week for us when it came to getting more things... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Chelsea 2014 Fresh Gardens

  

  Fresh Gardens... for innovative and modern concepts in garden design... Personally this is a section of the show that I have to quickly pre-condition myself as... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Chelsea 2014 Show Gardens

  

  The large Show Gardens are arguably the main stars of the Chelsea Flower Show. Okay I hear some grumbling out there that it should be the Floral Marquee exhibit... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Chelsea 2014 Artisan Gardens

  

  Tucked away from the main show gardens are a smaller series of gardens known as the Artisan Gardens. These are all built on a tiny plot, but despite the small... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• A Quick Preview of RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2014

  

  Mark and I have just returned from the the Chelsea Flower show, so much to see and so many people to chat with. It was great to catch up with a whole bunch of... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING