Danielcarruthers

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• A Summer Gardening School in Sweden

  

  The wonderful thing about writing about gardens and gardening is that you get to go to some amazing places and meet lots of people who share your interests. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• We’ve Got It Covered

  

  Much as we would love to think that the sun always shines on our gardens in the summer, the reality is that rain is often an uninvited guest when we are doing... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Jordan’s Field of Dreams

  

  Illustrating the Jordan’s philosophy of growing their cereals in an environment that embraces wildlife, their garden had circular paths mown through naturalisti... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Green is the Colour

  

  Chew Valley Trees garden transported me back to my recent visit to Sweden (about which I will blog in due course). Although it was inspired by the Canadian... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Pleasing Vista at Vestra’s Garden

  

  Vestra Wealth’s garden was full of great detailing – combined with some of the best planting in the show. I loved the wooden rill with water dropping into the... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Pale & Very Interesting

  

  Alexandra Froggatt may be self-taught and is still very young, but that didn’t stop her winning the ‘Your Garden, Your Budget’ category where costs are limited... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Jeni Cairns Gorgeous Recycled Garden

  

  Another worthy Gold Medal (and Best Summer Garden) winner was A Space to Connect & Grow designed by Jeni Cairns with Sophie Antonelli. Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Dreamtime Garden

  

  In October I’m off to Australia for my first visit – with the Melbourne Botanic Garden as one of my top destinations – so I’ve been following the preparations... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• What Do I Have in Common with Monty Don & Sarah Raven?

  

  We are all devotees of the Japanese style workwear made by Kiraku Clothing – Monty’s blue denim jacket and Sarah’s tunic are both made by Kiraku who have now... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Fairlight End

  

  If you find yourself in East Sussex on July 15th, this beautiful garden will be open in aid of St Michael’s Hospice. Set on a steep hill leading down to a valle... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Tidy Goings-On in the Walled Garden

  

  The rocket-like stems erupting from the central bed are the seedheads of foxtail lilies I do like a productive garden, especially when it has glasshouses and... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Invitations to Explore

  

  Although there is a wonderful sense of enclosure in the walled gardens at Petworth House, there is also an Alice in Wonderland quality, with beckoning arches... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Enfilade at Petworth

  

  Nope, me neither – but now I know that this means a series of rooms – or in this case walled gardens – with doorways or arches that are aligned on a single... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Perfection at Petworth

  

  The Garden Museum’s second annual festival of garden literature in the private gardens of Petworth House was a magical event. The setting was extraordinarily... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Ammi Majus Indeed

  

  I refer to the ‘majus’ bit – the ammi are currently averaging two metres tall and have long outgrown the pea stick supports I gave them. Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• I Can See Clearly Now

  

  My trusty Panasonic Lumix camera had developed some patches of fogging on the lens and I was beginning to think it would have to be replaced. Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Sailing By

  

  So I went to the shops to buy some milk and as I passed my favourite antique shop they were unpacking a vanload of new stock including a very nice and... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Daisies Do Their Own Thing

  

  If ever there were plants that have their own ideas about where they will grow it is members of the fleabane family – the erigerons. Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Creating a Low Maintenance Garden

  

  A garden for someone who doesn’t like to garden?When it comes to creating a relaxing outdoor space, it is easy to get carried away with elaborate designs. Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Return to the Olympic Park

  

  Isn’t it wonderful when you go back somewhere and it is as good, or even better than you remember? Two years on after the big event I spent a couple of happy... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME