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The Enduring Gardener is a long running garden blog full of gardening tips.
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Pick of the Plants
Two of my favourite plants were definitely in the subtle palette. Andy Sturgeon’s M&G Garden had a gorgeous aquilegia tucked into the front of the... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2012 GARDENING -
Spread the Message About World Vision
Before and after Last week The World Vision Garden at #rhschelsea took shape to mesmerising effect. The garden’s central ripple pool is what’s stopping people i... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2012 GARDENING -
Colour at Chelsea
It was all very lovely at Chelsea –subtle colours softly intermingled with one another in pleasing combinations. It has to be said that the odd splash of vivid... Read more
Posted on 22 May 2012 GARDENING -
Best in Show – Chelsea 2012
@clevewest has done it again winning best in show at the 2012 Chelsea Flower Show. Read more
Posted on 22 May 2012 GARDENING -
The Chelsea Flower Show
#rhschelsea – The 2012 Chelsea Flower Show is finally upon us and I’m hard at work preparing my report for you. Watch this space. Read more
Posted on 22 May 2012 GARDENING -
Gardening Against the Odds
Set up in memory of the much-missed gardener and garden writer Elspeth Thompson, the Gardening Against the Odds Awards – organised by The Conservation Foundatio... Read more
Posted on 21 May 2012 GARDENING -
Plant Belles
I’m kicking myself that I didn’t buy anything from Plant Belles, a Devon company that makes wonderful plant supports and cloche hoops from rusted metal. Read more
Posted on 21 May 2012 GARDENING -
The Magical Tump Garden
There were some wonderful school gardens at the Malvern Show with the standard getting better each year. The children of Castlemorton Primary School were... Read more
Posted on 19 May 2012 GARDENING -
Magnificent Meconopsis
The cool damp weather may not have suited me, but it was perfect for the magnificent display of meconopsis from Kevock Plants. Read more
Posted on 19 May 2012 GARDENING -
Echium Envy
This wonderful display of echiums stopped me in my tracks – a bit of me longed to buy E. wildpretii and E.fastuosum but having nurtured a fastuosum for a few... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2012 GARDENING -
A Thing of Beauty
I’ve long been a fan of the copper tools from implementations and Jane was showing prototypes of her latest design at Malvern. Read more
Posted on 18 May 2012 GARDENING -
Mudlarking at Malvern
Thank goodness that the weekend weather at Malvern was glorious – which is more than can be said for Thursday morning when I was there. Read more
Posted on 17 May 2012 GARDENING -
Lawn Rescue
Last autumn we moved many of our pots and containers on to the lawn so that the builders could work on the house. I had planed to lay a new lawn this spring... Read more
Posted on 17 May 2012 GARDENING -
Garden Africa
is a wonderful charity that works with people in South Africa, Namibia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe training smallholders to grow crops to organic standards to... Read more
Posted on 16 May 2012 CHARITY, GARDENING -
World Vision Garden Planting
Update from #rhsChelsea – Alongside the meaningful Lupinus mutabilis two colourful flowers in The World Vision Garden at RHS Chelsea are Geum borissi and Iris... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2012 GARDENING -
NGS Garden Tours
The National Gardens Scheme raises millions for charity through its open gardens throughout the country and also has a programme of unusual and interesting... Read more
Posted on 14 May 2012 GARDENING -
Prim(ula) Perfection
It always amazes me the way the goldlace primula plants transform from scruffy winter survivors to flowery perfection in a few weeks. Each year I think they... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2012 GARDENING -
Life Beyond Gardener’s World
Toby Buckland is opening a plant center at Powderham Castle in Devon, following the launch of his online nursery last autumn. Like the online nursery, the... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2012 GARDENING -
My Garden School
If you enjoy reading my blog and would like to learn more about the organic techniques that underly everything I do in my garden, you can sign up for my course... Read more
Posted on 10 May 2012 GARDENING -
Weaving My Way
After three years, the woven silver birch edging to the path through my woodland garden had all but disappeared so I got myself a couple of large bundles of... Read more
Posted on 09 May 2012 GARDENING