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• Rosebie Morton Knows Her Roses

  

  I recently had a wonderful day at one of Rosebie Morton’s Rose Days at her farm in a deeply rural part of Hampshire. She is best known as the founder of The Rea... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Grounds for Soil Improvement

  

  If you call into Costa Coffee and pick up a free recycled coffee bean bag of used coffee grounds to use as a soil improver and you may find that you can give... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Berchigranges

  

  One of the ironies of Berchigranges is that there are so many wonderful places to sit down and enjoy your surroundings, but Thierry and Monique seldom (if... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Poppy Paradise

  

  Last year I begged a few seedheads of a dark flowered poppy from a friend in Devon and scattered the ripe seed liberally around the garden. Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Jardins De Berchigranges

  

  When you travel hundreds of miles to see a garden there is always the slight worry that it might be a disappointment – Berchigranges was as far from... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• On the Dry Side

  

  Eryngium x zabelli ‘Big Blue’ Salvia nemerose ‘Big Blue’ Callistemon viridis Less exotic, but Escallonia ‘Appleblossom’ was smothered in flowers and alive with... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Instructions for a Heatwave

  

  As I went around the garden moving pots of young plants to spots that will survive my absence through the hottest days of the year, I thought of Maggie... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• An Evening at Allt-y-bela – Arne Maynard’s Monmouthshire Garden

  

  Arne is one of our foremost garden designers, so his own garden – tucked away in its own private valley – is somewhere pretty special and the opportunity to... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Highlights from Hampton

  

  This is just a brief whizz through some of the gardens at Hampton Court that caught my eye. It is far from comprehensive because, due to a 5.45am start, I forgo... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Things Are Looking Pretty Rosy Right Now

  

  This has to be the best year I can remember for roses with the cool nights keeping them in peak condition for much longer than usual, as well as pleasingly... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• 10 Tips for Using Metals in the Garden

  

  28th June 2015 * General * Stephanie DonaldsonShiny, lustrous, rusty or painted, metals can be used both structurally and decoratively in your garden. Here are... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• 10 Tips for Using Metals in the Garden

  

  Shiny, lustrous, rusty or painted, metals can be used both structurally and decoratively in your garden. Here are some ideas on how to use and care for steel,... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Holz Hausen – a Stylish Way to Store Your Logs

  

  Visiting friends in Monmouthshire, we thought Andy Goldsworthy had been at work when we saw these wonderful wood stacks. It turns out that they are Holz Hausen ... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• 5 Alternative Fruit Trees To Grow

  

  20th June 2015 * General * Stephanie DonaldsonThere are lots of alternative fruit trees worth considering for the garden. Most have slipped out of fashion,... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• 5 Alternative Fruit Trees To Grow

  

  There are lots of alternative fruit trees worth considering for the garden. Most have slipped out of fashion, perhaps because they haven’t been developed and... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Sunniest of Honeysuckles

  

  Lonicera tragophylla has fabulous deep yellow flowers and right now it is weaving all the way through the large fig tree in the garden and looking quite... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Le Chameau – the Ultimate Gardening Shoe

  

  Around the time of the millennium I went to the Courson Plant Fair just outside Paris. It is a wonderful event and the only thing about it that wasn’t... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Plants That Pleased at Chelsea

  

  I’ve been trawling through my many images of Chelsea and. Some are just for admiring – others I may well emulate. Orange was definitely the colour du jour with... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Apricot Abundance

  

  Right now the apricot tree is so laden with fruit that I fear that branches will break under their weight, but I suspect that the June drop when fruit trees she... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• More Shopping at the Chelsea Flower Show

  

  I was very taken by the Karro Wheelbarrow. Lightweight, robust and durable with a large wheel (this always helps manoeuvring) it is made entirely from plastic. Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME