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• Tokyo - Mega City, Mega Holiday

  

  Having just returned to the UK following a week in Tokyo I'm instilled with a sense of enthusiasm to put pen to paper or more aptly put fingers to keyboard. Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2017 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• It's Been a While...

  

  Its been such a long time since I wrote anything on the blog, that I had almost forgotten how it works. Mark posted a while back that other things were occupyin... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2016 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Autumn Blow

  

  Autumn, it's that time of the year again when we're back to chasing daylight... With the length of days shortening at a fast pace, it's becoming increasingly... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2016 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Railings at The Front Garden

  

  I was going to post about the progress of the plants at the front of the house but whilst collating photos for it I've noticed that we haven't featured the... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2016 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• A Different Style of Stripping

  

  It's been over three years ago since we gave one of our Trachycarpus wagnerianus a full Brazilian treatment, how time flies! Here's how it is looking now...... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2016 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Colour on the Top Patio

  

  Last year I created a mixed display of mainly succulents in pots on the top patio. I really liked the effect that was achieved and had so much fun preparing... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2016 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• A Quick Peek...

  

  ...at some of the succulents that didn't make it out of the greenhouse this year. The top patio is once again home to a succulent display, similar to how we... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2016 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Suburban Jungle Maintenance

  

  A real, wild jungle is almost maintenance free (or rather self maintaining, striking its own balance). Not so much for a suburban and contrived jungle garden. Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2016 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Pergola, Sicario, and Festive Lights

  

  Funny how you can get inspired from the strangest of places or circumstance, like after watching a very violent film... Last year after watching the film... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2016 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Dusk in the Jungle

  

  We haven't been that good at posting photos of our own garden recently. But that doesn't mean not much has been happening, in fact it's the other way around. Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2016 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• RHS Hampton Court Flower Show 2016 - Show Gardens

  

  Our coverage of this year's edition of Hampton Court Flower Show continues with a look at the show gardens. The show gardens are under different categories: Mai... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2016 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• RHS Hampton Court Flower Show 2016 - Floral Marquee

  

  The 2016 edition of the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show opens today. Set in the sprawling grounds of Hampton Court Palace, it is the biggest flower show in the... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2016 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Woburn Abbey Garden Show

  

  Last Saturday we decided to check out the Woburn Abbey Garden Show. It's been three years since we've been and being only twenty minutes drive from ours, a... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2016 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• And So We Embrace Instagram!

  

  And we finally embraced Instagram! If you use it do follow us @aegarden for more photos of our garden and garden adventures. We're rather late to the Instagram... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2016 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Yay! and Yikes!

  

  Yay that our Kumara plicatilis (syn. Aloe plicatilis) is flowering...in the summer! It's not much and the display isn't spectacular by no means but still very... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2016 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Rain Didn't Stop Play

  

  The weather forecast here over the weekend was adverse. A little disheartening last Friday especially as we were both really keen to start sorting both sides... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2016 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Table is Set

  

  I didn't get to finish the planting of the succulent table the other evening so the following evening I finally managed to and here it is now... And it was oile... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2016 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Come Dine With Me Again

  

  As summer is looming the time has come to plant up the succulent table again. It was exactly a year when we featured it on our blog and a year on it beckons a... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2016 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Cool Living Wall

  

  Living walls are a 'thing' of the moment (i.e. now and in recent years) and seems set to continue for awhile. I like the concept of it although I must confess... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2016 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Tropical Treat

  

  I suppose it's time to bump off our Chelsea coverage from the top of our blog posts with another look into the Geneva Botanical Garden, focusing this time on... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2016 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING