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• A Time to Say Goodbye

  

  Astelia nervosa 'Westland' (centre) in 2006By the way, before it causes any confusion this post is not about us leaving the blog-o-sphere (nope, far from it! Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING, HOME

• Open Sesame!

  

  Like a lady that lifts up her crinoline skirt to reveal all that surprising space underneath those layers of fabric!It's my overactive imagination again of... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING, HOME

• The Promise of Things to Come

  

  The Hype!At this time of year the plants are in full Spring grow mode. We are getting a lot of rain at the moment (you can tell we just had a hose pipe ban,... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING, HOME

• The April Garden

  

  April is usually the month where the garden springs back into life, and this year is no exception, despite the cool rainy weather everything is bursting back... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING, HOME

• An Australian Garden at Chelsea

  

  With The RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2012 fast approaching, its a good time to have a look at some of the designs and plans for this year. Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING, HOME

• April Showers

  

  A Pleione bloomThe weather here last weekend was rather interesting, especially on Sunday. Sun, rain, hail, then sun again and the cycle continued. Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING, HOME

• An Afternoon Af-Fair

  

  Last Tuesday I had the chance to pop round to the RHS Great London Plant Fair which was being held at the Horticultural Halls in Central London. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING, HOME

• Grab Your Raincoat and Head for the Beeches!

  

  What to do on a rainy day!??Meconopsis paniculataIt was only on my last blog post I mentioned that we have barely had time to undertake any nursery visits... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING, HOME

• Pretty Plants and Bob Brown

  

  Yucca rostrata is on the 'list'For the last few weeks I've been itching to go plant shopping in a specialist nursery but alas I have had to restrain myself as... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING, HOME

• And the Winner Is...

  The winner of Ian Cookes Exotic Garden Book is Alistair from Aberdeen Gardening.Congratulations Alistair, and thank you to everyone who entered. Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING, HOME

• Big Decisions, Little Decisions

  

  Spring is a very busy period for most gardeners, with plants waking up from their winter dormancy and putting out fresh new growth, as well as gardeners... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING, HOME

• Rainy Day and a Parisian Bell

  

  Rain, what a welcome sight!We just had a stretch of sunny, dry, and reasonably warm weather and now the rain has finally arrived to give the garden some needed... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING, HOME

• Greenhouse Breather

  

  Last weekend I decided to start bringing some of the plants from one of our greenhouses out into the open to start acclimatising them to outdoor conditions... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2012 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING, HOME

• Bye Bye Nosey Neighbour!

  

  No not this one, she's really really lovely! And she's not nosey at all but rather very friendly!I meant this one, the 'nosey neighbour' as we said bye bye to... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2012 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING, HOME

• Fine Dissaray 2

  

  Standing at the back door, looking out into the garden while holding a hot mug of tea I saw this sight (and fortunately the camera was nearby too! Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2012 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING, HOME

• A Rather Satisfying Weekend

  

  Like many gardeners we always have one eye on the weather forecasts, and with sunny weather heading into last weekend we were rather disappointed with the... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2012 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING, HOME

• Spring Clean!

  

  My mind is buzzing with lots of creative ideas now that it's spring. But before I get very creative we must clean up the garden first.Cleaning up the garden... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2012 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING, HOME

• Win a Signed Copy of Exotic Gardening by Ian Cooke

  

  We have been kindly given a copy of Exotic Gardening by Ian Cooke, signed by the author to give away to one lucky reader.Ian Cooke will be well known to many... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2012 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING, HOME

• Planting Yucca Faxoniana

  

  With the lovely sunny weekend we decided it would be the right time to plant out our Yucca faconiana. We bought this last year from Akamba, and spent the... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2012 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING, HOME

• Catch It While You Can!

  

  Spring, spring, spring! The weather has been consistently much more mild the past few days and coupled with such a sunny weekend you can't help but feel that... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2012 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING, HOME