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• Shady Characters

  

  I’m trying to reduce the number of planted pots to save on watering and work. With this in mind I’ve planted up some previously potted ferns and arum lilies in ... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2012 GARDENING

• Handy Herbs

  

  Since reviewing the River Cottage Herb Handbook (highly recommended) I’ve been making much more of an effort to use more herbs in my cooking. Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2012 GARDENING

• Cool Cucumbers

  

  I was sent some grafted cucumbers by Suttons Seeds and they are looking in fine fettle with tiny cucumbers already in evidence. Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2012 GARDENING

• Clymping Garden Festival

  

  Clymping in West Sussex is holding its Garden Festival from the 8th-10th of June. On Friday evening they are hosting Clymping’s very own Gardeners’ Question Tim... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2012 GARDENING

• Our Lady of the Verruca in the Courtyard Garden

  

  My late mother and stepfather gave me the bronze sculpture of the ballet dancer looking at her foot – my sister took one look and christened her as above. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2012 GARDENING

• West Littleton Open Gardens

  

  There are lots of lovely gardens to visit from 2-5pm in this picturesque Cotswold village on the 9th & 10th of June. Plus the all-important tea and homemad... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2012 GARDENING

• Horniman Gardens

  

  The bandstand in 1903 The bandstand today The Horniman Museum gardens in Forest Hill, South London are reopening on May 31st (today) after a major revamp which... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2012 GARDENING

• A Rhododendron Revival

  

  Chris Beardshaw very bravely decided to risk bringing back rhodos to Chelsea despite their being much out of fashion in recent years. Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2012 GARDENING

• As Far from Subtle as It Gets

  

  I’ve recently been following a blog written by a couple of friends who have been sending back wonderful photographs from south-east Asia where these intensely... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2012 GARDENING

• Trulli Marvellous

  

  #rhschelsea – Nigel Dunnett’s Blue Water Garden is an interesting working of an old idea – the harvesting and use of water to create a green oasis in the... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2012 GARDENING

• Orchid Tree?

  

  The Taiwan orchid growers held nothing back with their orchid display in the Great Pavilion. What caught my eye was what looked like either a broom or a mimosa... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2012 GARDENING

• A Natural Inspiration

  

  Sarah Price has an extraordinary skill for conjuring up naturalistic plantings that look like they have always been there. The garden gives the impression of... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2012 GARDENING

• Arresting Fragrance

  

  The L’Occitane Garden was as subtle as it’s neighbor (Diarmuid’s vast pyramid) was in-your-face exhibitionist, but where it won hands-down was the glorious... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2012 GARDENING

• Caravanning – But Not as I Know It!

  

  #RHSChelsea – Even Jo Thompson’s gorgeous garden with its very inviting and shiny caravan could not persuade me to go on a caravan holiday, but it did seem to m... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 GARDENING

• Tom Hoblyn’s Garden

  

  #RHSChelsea – I could imagine going to a fantastic party in a garden like this – lots of space for the guests to mingle, the sound of water and the... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 GARDENING

• Joe Swift’s Garden

  

  #RHSChelsea – Although I wasn’t initially too keen on the way the cedarwood had been used (reminiscent of chopping boards) the arches did grow on me – partly... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 GARDENING

• Flowery Feet

  

  These gorgeous clogs caught my attention on the Hunter stand at Chelsea. Too pretty for digging the garden but perfect for shows and garden visits (or even a... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 GARDENING

• A Splash of Colour

  

  The Bradstone Panache Garden was one of the Fresh Gardens that really attracted my eye because the planting was just that – fresh. Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 GARDENING

• A Monumental Folly

  

  Well, Diarmuid has done it again with his ‘mine’s bigger than your’s garden’. Last year I really liked his sky garden, which was good despite its gimmicks,... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2012 GARDENING

• A Fabulous Froth

  

  The contrast between the glossy rigid trunks of the multi-stemmed Prunus serrula and the foaming flowers of Anthriscus ‘Ravenswing’ was one of my favorite... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2012 GARDENING