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• Loseley Park Gardens

  

  I’ve never previously visited Loseley Park near Guildford and now know how remiss it is of me not to have been before. The gardens are laid out within a walled... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Where the Water Buffalo Roam

  

  Rather bizarrely I’ve visited two gardens within a week, both of which are surrounded by farmland on which they are raising water buffalo. I hadn’t realised the... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• How to Choose A Good Quality Wooden Garden Shed

  

  by Daniel Carruthers When it comes to choosing a garden shed, it is important to find a design that will suit your purposes and last for a long time. Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Strawberry Strategies

  

  In an attempt to keep slugs and snails at bay I have given up planting strawberries in the ground. I have two large vintage hanging baskets that I have planted... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Tiptop Plants

  

  My third delivery of plants has arrived from Plant Me Now . As I’ve come to expect, they all arrived in tiptop condition. There are six varieties in all – 5 eac... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Bahoma Garden Fragrances

  There are many reasons why I am desperate for some warm weather – and now I have another. I’ve just received a package of deliciously scented insect-repellent... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Trailfinders Australian Garden Kissed by the Sun

  

  Monday – without sun Wednesday – with sun I paid a return visit to Chelsea on Wednesday evening and I was transfixed by the transformation to this garden. Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Chelsea Textures

  

  With the grey light and relative lack of flowers it was often the contrasting textures in the gardens that became apparent at the Chelsea Flower Show was often... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• A Glass Act

  

  Had I the money and the space I would love this greenhouse and its glazed canopy extension from Hartley Botanic in my garden. It will never happen, but it is... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• A Golden Moment

  

  I’m a keen supporter of WaterAid and the work it does in bringing clean water and sanitation to areas of the world where both are all too scarce, so I’m... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Star Plant of the Show

  

  There’s always a plant that appears in several show gardens and catches my eye.  Last year it was Silene fimbriata,  a dry-shade-loving campion with frilly-edge... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• A Wondrous Wasteland

  

  One of my top gardens at this year’s show is Kate Gould’s garden with its inspired use of recycled materials. Flattened washing machine drums wrought into a wal... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• A Tiny Pocket of Japanese Perfection

  

  In amongst the commercial stands on Eastern Avenue there’s a rather charming display of plants, each one encased in moss balls.  I particularly loved this daisy. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• A Muted Chelsea Flower Show of Dusky Shades and Contrasting Textures

  

  I don’t think it was just the flat light, grey skies and chilly temperatures that gave the show quite a subdued feel. Of course, it was not helped by our... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• The Portents Are Good

  

  A couple of signs that summer might finally be heading this way. The mulberry tree is budding up – 25 years ago an elderly French gardener told me this never... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Native and Spanish Bluebells

  

  As someone with a profusion of both types of bluebell in my garden I’m very familiar with the differences between them. The native bluebell carries its flowers... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• A Mutually Beneficial Relationship

  

  Since I began working with Carbon Gold, trialling their biochar products (and contributing to their website as The Charlady) I have begun to appreciate and... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Notcutts Spans the Centuries

  

  As their slogan reads – ‘Notcutts have been helping gardeners since 1897’.  They were nurserymen for over fifty years before they opened one of the first... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Of Peas & Beans

  

  After all the struggles to get things growing earlier in the year, yet again nature has proved that when the conditions are right there’s no struggle involved. Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• More Chameleon Than Lizard?

  

  One of the new tulips I planted this year is (supposedly) The Lizard. It’s a gorgeous Rembrandt tulip that has red flame patterns on a paler background, but... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME