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• The Hampton Court Flower Show Reflects the Recession

  

  I found the big show gardens a big disappointment. It’s telling that I took very few photographs of them, while I took plenty of my favorite small gardens. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 GARDENING

• Oh You Pretty Thing

  

  I’m rather hoping that Mrs Stapleton might come and live in my garden. I spotted her on the Fibrex stand in the Floral Marquee at Hampton Court and thought she... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 GARDENING

• A Very Affordable Shopping Opportunity at Hampton Court

  

  I always make a beeline for Garden Brocante with its wonderful collection of vintage garden tools, containers and ornaments (and other garden ephemera). Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2012 GARDENING

• The Most Beautiful Object at the Hampton Court Flower Show

  

  Lucy’s Smith’s exquisite stoneware Kingfisher Pool stopped me in my tracks. Look closely and you will see that not only is the watchful kingfisher perched on th... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2012 GARDENING

• Community Gardens

  

  Chris Beardshaw is one of our most socially responsible garden designers, but I was struck by the difference between the idealised group of community gardens... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2012 GARDENING

• Thistle Surprise You – Maybe

  

  Well it surprised me anyway. The lovely blue thistle Eryngium bourgatii grows prolifically in grassy meadows in the Picos. I suppose it makes sense when you... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2012 GARDENING

• Let It Rain

  

  I’ve been on the search for a lightweight but really weatherproof raincoat suitable for garden visits and rain sodden shows – and now I’ve got one just in time... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2012 GARDENING

• Light Entertainment

  

  Despite the summer nights drawing in you can extend the time you spend out in the garden with these new lanterns on shepherds crooks from Black Country... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2012 GARDENING

• The Meadows of the Picos d’Europa

  

  While we read books on the subject, remove topsoil and sow yellow rattle to reduce fertility and generally make a meal of establishing a wildflower meadow,... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2012 GARDENING

• I’m as Happy as Heidi When I’m up a Mountain

  

  I don’t know whether it’s because I’m high on the altitude, invigorated by the exercise, or because I love to spend time in a landscape where Nature is in... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2012 GARDENING

• I’ve Been on My Hols

  

  Most years we try and go on a walking holiday looking at flowers and birds with Naturetrek. This year it was the Picos d’Europa in Northern Spain which was a... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2012 GARDENING

• The New Urban Green

  

  ‘The New Urban Green’ is a celebration of the tucked away, the overlooked and the greened-up edges of our urban areas captured over 10 years by the... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2012 GARDENING

• An Unexpected but Welcome Arrival

  

  I’ve been watching this opium poppy growing at the front of the border for several weeks, debating whether I should remove it as it was self-sown and not... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2012 GARDENING

• Broad Bean Bonanza

  

  I sowed the Del Monica broad beans (from Thompson & Morgan) in February, planted them out in March and we are now enjoying a bumper harvest. This is one... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2012 GARDENING

• Sparrow & Finch Tomato Garden Review

  

  This is a really good looking raised tomato planter from a company that specialises in well-designed pieces for the garden. The Tomato Planter is part of the... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2012 GARDENING

• Border Bulletin

  

  Last autumn I emptied what had been a rather unsatisfactory border to allow building work on the house and replanted over the winter with a selection of new... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2012 GARDENING

• Cherry-Red Clematis

  

  Anyone know the name of this clematis ? Several years ago I was sent this clematis (sorry, name long ) which, lacking a convenient space to put it, was hurriedl... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2012 GARDENING

• Competition Time

  Home and Garden retailer ‘The Range’ is offering our readers the chance to win a £100 gift voucher that can be used in store to buy gardening goodies. There’s... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2012 GARDENING

• I’m Berry Optimistic

  

  The cultivated blackberry is planted on the shady side of the greenhouse where it doesn’t get a great deal of direct sunshine but it always crops pretty well, a... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2012 GARDENING

• A Blue Beauty

  

  The abutilon x suntense is a marvel at this time of year, especially in the evening when the color of the flowers intensifies in the low light. Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2012 GARDENING