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• A Short Trip to North Wales

  

  We recently visited North Wales - see earlier post about visit to Crug Farm Plants, staying in Llandudno. I had visited many times as a child, but I don't... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2021 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Never Ending Task

  

  At this time of the year one of the regular garden jobs is to hunt the wayward bamboo rhizomes, we grow a number of Phyllostachys species, and most have been... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2021 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• A Trip to Crug Farm

  

  Crug Farm Plants are well known for their large selection of unusual plants, and despite having been buying plants from Crug for many years we had not managed t... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2021 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• What's in the Box and Bag?

  

  Through the years we've had blog posts before answering the question 'What's in the box?'. This time we've added a paper bag for good measure... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2021 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Two Unusual Gunneras

  Large leaf Gunneras seem to be extra popular in the UK this year, and there are a lot of questions and discussions floating around forums and Facebook groups... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2021 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Favourite Plant of the Week - Monstera Deliciosa Variegata

  

  An easy choice this week, and a houseplant rather than one out in the garden, Monstera deliciosa Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2021 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Favourite Plant of The Week - Brassaiopsis Hispida

  

  It has been a while since we last featured a plant of the week on the blog but we really couldn't let this week go by without featuring Brassaiopsis hispida. Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2021 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Transformation

  

  We posted this teaser image on facebook yesterday.Welcome to Roys workshop, shaping the log.Starting to take shape.On to the next section.Carving the various... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2021 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• May at Alternative Eden

  

  This time  of year is one of my favourites, as the garden wakes up and all the fresh new growth hints at what comes ahead. Spring has been cool, so the garden... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2021 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Petasites Frigidus Var. Palmatus ‘Golden Palms’

  

  We have grown Petasites frigidus var. palmatus ‘Golden Palms’ in the jungle part of the garden for well over ten years. In recent years it seems to have suffere... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2021 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Pond Update

  

  Theres a strange smell in the garden at the moment! We are having the new pond fibreglassed, and whilst we will tackle most jobs in the garden this is one to... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2021 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Multiheaded Trachycarpus

  

  Whilst exploring at Pinetum Gardens we spotted a rather unusual Trachycarpus fortunei, one with seven (yes Seven!) headsChecking it closely it has a single trun... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2021 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Japanese Garden at Pinetum Gardens

  

  As we continued our garden visits in Cornwall, we revisted Pinetum Gardens (Previosuly known as Pine Lodge and also Pinetum Park) in St Austell, a garden that i... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2021 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Lamorran House Garden

  

  The next garden from our Cornish trip is Lamorran House Garden.  Close to St Mawes, on a south facing slope overlooking the estuary for the River Fal, the garde... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2021 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• St Just in Roseland Church

  

  One unusual "Garden" visit in Cornwall is the church yard at St Just in Roseland. The church dates from the 13th Century and is built by a tidal creek, local... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2021 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Trewidden Gardens

  

  A new garden for us in Cornwall was Trewidden. We had previously visited the Nursery on the site (Now at Penbeth Plants).Trewidden is fairly classic Cornish... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2021 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Tremenheere Sculpture Garden

  

  Just outside Penzance is Tremenheere Sculpture Garden, a garden we last visited in 2013 however after a long delay we recently visited again. Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2021 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Jungle Musing

  

  We initially shared this view of the jungle pathway on Facebook recently and was surprised at the number of people asking about the plant on the left... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2021 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Sending Out to The Universe

  

  Have to say I'm not one to ask out there for opinions, but there is a particular pot in our garden that I was in two minds what to do with, that I had to send i... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2021 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Sciadopitys Verticillata

  

  Garden conifers for me still conjure up images of the 1970s, a conifer bed, surrounded by heathers and in front of a house with stone cladding. Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2021 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING