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• Curious Looking Fruits

  

  This year for the first time the Akebia quinata growing at the base of the large sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) at the bottom of our garden has born numerous... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Autumn Beckons

  

  It's October now and autumn has definitely begun. Although the garden is still looking very lush and only a few plants have just started changing leaf colours... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Not Quite in a Vase

  

  Vases, such nice decorative objects. And I certainly have a thing for them especially for unique pieces. Once upon a time I used to make an effort to regularly... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Immortality

  

  Whatever happens to a garden when the owners are no longer there? It's a question that I ponder upon every so often. It's also a question that I encounter on a... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• September Beginnings

  

  Back from a mini break, from blogging and gardening.... Saying that, we have finally planted a tree at the front of the house recently. It has only taken us... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Will Giles Exotic Garden Norwich

  

  Anyone with even a passing interest in growing exotic plants will be aware of Will Giles, gardener, author, tv personality who has over the last 30 odd years... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Plant Haul from Urban Jungle

  

  In our post yesterday we featured our visit to Urban Jungle last Saturday. As with any nursery visit, it was inevitable that we brought a few goodies home with... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Urban Jungle

  

  Last weekend Mark and I along with our friend Don, paid a visit to Urban Jungle over near Norwich in Norfolk. Although a couple of hours away we tend to visit... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Jazz Up the Jungle Hut

  

  How we decorated the jungle hut, or more appropriately jungle verandah this year hadn't changed much at all from last year. A few items were moved about to... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• One Two Three

  

  Early this year I said 'Don't worry, it'll only be temporary. No commitments. Let's not spend too much so it won't be much of a loss if we decide to do somethin... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• I Love August

  

  Simply for being a summer month! And at the latter part too, when most of big work have been done and it's just a case of maintaining the growth spurt that... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• How Tidy Should a Jungle Garden Be?

  

  We had a lovely, surprisingly very chilled out weekend giving the garden some extra preening and pruning. Whilst sorting out the jungle area in particular we... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Fresh From the Oven!

  

  There was a point that I actually had more succulents that needed a pot than I had...pots. Plus I wanted to beef up our display with more splashes of bright... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Fresh and Refresh

  

  After having days and days of sunny and dry weather we finally had a good dose of rain again. Starting last Friday when it was pouring it down almost all day an... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Succulent Spotlight

  

  So we've been pot crazy this year. And we've just featured lots of overall and combination shots on a couple of our more recent posts. Now let's take a closer a... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Pots, Prints, and Patterns

  

  They say I have two passions in life (excluding matters of the heart of course): gardening and shoes. And with last weekend being my birthday one I received... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Ones That Didn't Make It Out

  

  Ahh summer, and the days of it that it's just nice not to do much out in the garden but laze around, drink lots of cold drinks, and have a barbecue... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Pot Crazy (Avant Garde Or Whimsy?)

  

  Someone remarked to us last week that Europeans don't do whimsy, but do avant garde instead. Or is it it's just not called whimsy here but avant garde instead?... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Joy of Whimsy

  

  One of the the lessons, or rather inspiration that I treasure and brought home from our trip to Portland last year was so many gardens had the flair to display... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Wisley Getting Arty

  

  We are regular visitors to RHS Wisley for the gardens and in particular the tropical glass house. The waterfall in the glasshouse However on the weekend of the... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING