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• Garden Blogger's Bloom Day May 2014

  

  It's the middle of the month and time once again for Bloom Day! Here's some of the plants currently in bloom in our garden... Euphorbia deflexa has been giving... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Greenhouse Tidy Up

  

  One rainy day last week I took the time to tidy up the greenhouse down by the bottom of our garden. This is where most of our succulents live in the winter and... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Three Pokers

  

  Usually we only have one a year... It started with this one and we though this would be the only one... For the first time, this year we'll have three! The two... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• From Australia With Love

  

  And here they are, from Australia with love! Tree ferns from Down Under! Seagrave Nurseries Finally more tree ferns, Dicksonia antarctica have arrived to satisf... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Almost a Rainforest

  

  It rained all day here today, and quite heavy too for most of it which effectively ruled out spending time out in the open. Still there were plenty enough to... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Sweet Staycation in Suburbia

  

  This is the week that we usually go to Cornwall but we decided to stay at home instead, have a staycation. Both of us felt that we ought to stay this week, to... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Chelsea 2014 - Things to Come

  

  With the 2014 RHS Chelsea Flower Show just a couple of weeks away we thought it would be a good time to have a look at what this years show has to offer. Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Front Garden Makeover

  

  Our front garden, if you can call it that as it's so small has finally received some much needed attention and makeover in the past few days. Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Beeches in the Spring

  

  Every spring, almost like a tradition we head down to Beeches Nursery to check their beautiful plants on offer. And year in and year out they never disappoint. Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Sculptures at the Riverhill Himalayan Gardens

  

  We first came across Riverhill Himalayan Gardens in Sevenoaks, Kent when it was featured in the TV programme Ruth Watson's Country House Rescue a few years ago. Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Of Kitchens, Weddings, and a Jungle Hut

  

  No we don't have a kitchen in our jungle hut nor we have plans of having an outdoor kitchen but we did put in some kitchen units there last weekend. Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Thrill Me Trilliums

  

  Trilliums, one of my favourite spring flowering plants. Up early in the spring, flowering by mid spring, then fades away by summer. Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Foliage Follow-Up April 2014

  

  First it was the flowers and now it's the turn of the foliage as we join Pam Penick of Digging as she hosts the Foliage Follow-Up, a celebration of foliage... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Garden Blogger's Bloom Day April 2014

  

  I was looking through the photos I took of the garden last weekend when I realised I took enough photos of what's currently in bloom in the garden to participat... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Five Trees for a Fiver

  

  We do love a bargain, especially if it's this ridiculously good... Five trees for a fiver! Even Twinkles was impressed! Yep, that's £1 a tree (US$1.67). Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Spring Scenes in the Garden

  

  Ahh spring, it's finally here, bliss! And the garden is actively showing so many signs of new growth and promises of a beautiful growing season that is just... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Win a Blagdon Water Feature

  

  The beautiful sights and sounds of a water feature can now be enjoyed anytime and anywhere! The unique Liberty range from Blagdon is powered by a revolutionary... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Synful Duo

  

  Always a delight these Synful duo, odd looking yet pretty woodland perennials every spring... Syneleisis aconitifolia and Syneleisis palmata The former is more... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Red Pergola Restoration Begins

  

  The red pergola, a signature piece in our garden that featured in countless of photos on our blog finally succumbed to old age and decay last year. Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Aurea, Aurea!

  

  Phyllostachys aurea, more commonly known as the Golden Bamboo and less so as the Fishpole Bamboo is possibly the most popular and readily available Phyllostachy... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING