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• Chelsea 2014: Cleve West and the M&G Garden

  

  With just 7 weeks until the 2014 RHS Chelsea Flower show we have been speaking with Cleve West, who returns to Chelsea with a design for the M G Garden. Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Pot Ghetto Surprise

  

  Most of our Veratrum collection are currently in our 'pot ghetto' - a place where empty pots and a few plants are stashed away until we've figured out what to d... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Right to Privacy

  

  I saw this old photo of our middle patio a few days ago and thought, eek! Look how lush, leafy, and private this area used to be.... How it was in September 201... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Favourite Plant of the Week - Clematis Armandii

  

  It is evergreen, leafy, undemanding, vigorous, and great for a jungle style garden wherein it can scramble over trellis, pergolas, trees, and over shrubs...... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Born Out of Frustration

  

  Last night we were forecast to have a heavy frost (and heavy frost it was indeed) so I tucked away a few potted plants inside the greenhouse that could... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Tropical Dream

  

  Given the opportunity, would you want to live in the tropics? Not just for a few weeks or months but actually move, take residence, and live there permanently.... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• That Giant Poker

  

  I was inspired by Loree's post about her Tetrapanax 'Rex' which made me think of what other plants I can recommend that gets big in a relatively short amount... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• A Little Bit Here and A Little Bit There

  

  It seems like spring has definitely arrived here much earlier than usual. I'm not complaining of course especially compared to March last year when around this... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• What's In The Box?

  

  Ohh so what's new and in the box? Before I reveal let me show you first this sprouting Eremurus... I love the way that to me they look like tentacles or corals... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Irresistible

  

  It seems like spring has finally arrived here this weekend with both days being gloriously sunny and dry and temperatures rising to high teens in centigrade,... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• A Poem Lovely as a Tree

  

  Whenever we go tree shopping I always find myself thinking of the poem Trees by Joyce Kilmer, a poem that as a child we were made to memorise and recite over an... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Rebirth

  

  We had planned to go to our local HPS monthly meeting last Saturday but the sun was shining and the lure of the garden was so strong that we abandoned the idea... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Consequence

  

  There are advantages and disadvantages to anything that happens in life. Some events will have more of one compared to the other but very rarely one will consis... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Competition: Win Gardening Tools and Composter

  

  With Spring just around the corner, our latest competition has perfect timing. Argos are offering a fine selection of garden tools and composter to one lucky... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Pineapple Cut

  

  Wouldn't it be nice to live in an area that is mild enough that you can grow several agaves outside, plenty enough that you can experiment in altering the... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• So What Did We Buy?

  

  I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of interest expressed on what we bought from the recent RHS London Plant and Design Show. Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• RHS Plant and Design Show

  

  Our annual drive into Central London was today for the RHS Plant and Design Show, held in the RHS halls by Vincent Square, we generally avoid driving in, after... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Park Güell, Barcelona

  

  Combining our love of tropical plants and the architecture of Antoni Gaudí, is the quirky Park Güell. The original concept was that of a garden village, a... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Architectural Merits

  

  One of the places we visited last week whilst in Barcelona was The Picasso Museum. As you can imagine, typical of most museums photography inside the galleries... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Sagrada Familia

  

  One of the most famous building sites in the world is that of the Sagrada Familia, the Guadi designed church raising up from the centre of Barcelona. Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING