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• NYBG Conservatory - Rainforest and Aquatic Plants

  

  We finally had the chance to start sorting out the photos we took of our visit to New York Botanical Gardens last September and one of the highlights of which... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2013 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Greenhouse Preparation

  

  With winter fast approaching we needed to get the new greenhouse ready for its winter inhabitants. Normally we have prepared the garden for winter prior to... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2013 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Favourite Plant of the Week - Amicia Zygomeris

  

  Every time I wander down the garden this week I keep catching a glimpse of this plant and on closer inspection today I thought, wow, it has done really well thi... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2013 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Scent of Cedar

  

  When you have a heavy cold any wonderful scent that manage to pass through your clogged nostrils is a welcome treat, and that scent must be very powerful to do... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Chosen Ones - First Batch

  

  Choosing plants to go in the conservatory feels like being a judge in a beauty pageant! You have to select the most beautiful amongst the already beautiful lot... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Spark

  

  I had a quick walk around the garden yesterday and I heard the sound of sparks somewhere.... But where? I couldn't see any nor could smell anything that would... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2013 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Home and Garden

  

  As work progresses on the rebuilding of the jungle hut our thoughts are turning to the completion of this and also the house itself. One question from the... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2013 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Return of the Jungle Hut (Part I)

  

  Having professional carpenters in the garden is something of a novelty, until now we have done everything ourselves, calling in assistance from my Dad on... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2013 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Take a Bow Jungle Hut!

  

  The Jungle Hut is being taken down today to make way for a new one but before it exits I gave it a final once over last night, just before I finalized tidying u... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Mad Dash

  

  We're at the polishing stage now with the house renovation so meaning lots of redecorating to do, yay! Very exciting phase for us as it's a very visual and... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Greenhouse Update

  

  It's that time of the year again when we have to start thinking about where to put plants away for the cold months ahead. The greenhouse at the bottom of our ne... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• A Few Bites of the Big Apple

  

  'New York, New York, So good they named it twice' goes the words of the famous song. For us perhaps this needs to be 'So good you need to visit it twice'! Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Four Seasons in One Day

  

  Whilst we were in New York Botanical Garden a few weeks ago we managed to see and experience all four seasons in one day... Four Seasons is NYBG's current... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Slowly But Surely

  

  Well not everything is slow, some move more quickly, just like time. Whatever happened to summer? It seems to have just flown by this year and now the signs of... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 HOME

• Half a Central Park

  

  Before we set off for New York I had visions of spending an entire day at Central Park in Manhattan, a colossal public green space right at the centre of a... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Garden in September

  

  Whilst we weren't looking, the garden kept growing.... Figuratively speaking of course. We have been away for a week in September and for most of the summer... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• If Only We Had a Lawn...

  

  As regular readers will know we no longer have a lawn in our garden, which combined with our love for gadgets made us wish we still had one when looking at the... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Front Garden Makeover Begins

  

  Finally, the part of our property that we have mostly ignored, or if not at least neglected all these years is going to get a makeover - our tiny front garden... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Bye Bye Miss American Pie

  

  I never realized how pumped up I must have been with adrenaline and other stress hormones until we went away in the middle of the house renovation, relaxed, the... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Post Card from NYBG

  

  Our last day in New York and we are sat in the grounds of The New York Botanic Gardens. How great is it to have wifi sat in a garden! Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING