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• Perfect Pots

  

  Although we are keen outdoor gardeners we had often had a poor success rate with house plants, sometimes joking that rather than having green fingers we had... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2018 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Garden Miscellany

  

  Looking through some of the garden photos we've taken recently, there are those odd photos that roused our interest but not so much to dedicate an entire post... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2018 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Hong Kong: Goldfish, Flower, and Bird Market

  

  We spent a week in May exploting the urban jungle of a city that is Hong Kong. Suffice to say that we took so many photos and even more potential topics about... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2018 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Post Mortem Embrace

  

  As I was tidying and removing some of the dead plants still dotted around the garden last weekend I noticed this in our utility area (i.e. Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2018 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• In Beautiful Brugge

  

  This is going to be a bit of a retro post, rewinding back to the 5th of May when we spent a long weekend in the beautiful medieval city of Brugge. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2018 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Woburn Abbey Garden Show 2018

  

  On the 23rd and 24th of June was the wonderful Woburn Abbey Garden Show. A show that is familiar with us, having been to several of its previous editions, we... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2018 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Happy Caturday

  

  Knickers Twinkles, who will be seven this week. Cotton Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2018 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Win Tickets to the Woburn Abbey Garden Show

  

  A great show we have visited before. Win 3 tickets to the Woburn Abbey Garden Show on the weekend of 23-24 June, when the Abbey will come alive with... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2018 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Garden in Early June

  

  May was quite a busy month for us with two trips away - updates to follow in due course. But with us away the garden continues to launch into its summer mode.... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2018 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Cut and Paste

  

  One of the things we have resolved to do more this year is to use as much of the existing plants we have already for planting out rather than buy more. Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2018 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Plastic Fantastic

  

  A recent post on Piece of Eden wherein a plastic flower was mentioned has reminded me of our recent stopover at Beijing Airport en route to Tokyo. Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2018 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Déjà Vu Marché Aux Fleurs

  

  Supposed to be out and about in the garden today but alas rain has stopped play and I'm indoors now keeping myself dry. So what else to do? Reminisce and write... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2018 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Yorkshire Break

  

  As mentioned earlier in the week we had a trip up to Yorkshire last weekend catching up with friends and exploring a little part of this county. The first stop... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2018 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Is It Safe to Say Spring is Here?

  

  This time of the year everything is bursting back into life. Its been another slow year for Spring to arrive, looking back into the archives we have complained... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2018 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Treeferns Awaking

  

  With spring feeling like it has arrived here in the UK the garden is breaking its winter slumber. Admittedly its a little delayed on a typical year, but at leas... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2018 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Yorkshire Revisited

  

  Almost five years ago we wrote about friends garden in Yorkshire. Well last weekend we went "up North" for a visit and although the garden is only just waking u... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2018 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• April in the Garden

  

  Well Spring seems to have finally turned up after what seems like a much longer break so last weekend we finally got some time in the garden. Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2018 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Seeds Everywhere!

  

  Last year must have been a good year for Trachycarpus as many of the palms in our garden are laden down with seeds. Trachycarpus fortune seeds Trachycarpus... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2018 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Marché Aux Fleurs Revisited

  

  Having only just returned from Japan, we had another short break last weekend, with two days in Paris to celebrate our anniversary. Paris in the Springtime! Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2018 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Japan 2018 - Part 2

  

  Following on from yesterdays post on Japan we continued our trip with an organised tour to Mount Fuji. We tend to avoid organised tours, usually preferring to... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2018 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING