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• The Gardens of the Alhambra and Generalife, Granada, Spain – Part One The...

  

  We have wanted to visit Granada for a very long time and last week, finally flew out from London City Airport for a short break. Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Chelsea Flower Show 2015 – A Crowded Affair

  

  We visited Chelsea this year on a jam packed sunny Thursday. The earlier wind and rain of the first three days gave way to sunshine and by the time we arrived a... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday – RHS Plant of the Year 2015

  

  Viburnham plicatum f. tomentosum Kilimanjaro sunrise (‘Jww5′) RHS blurb – ‘White lace cap flowers in spring followed by masses of red berries and then ric... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Fallen Hornbeams

  

  There is a Hornbeam lined wide path which leads through our local wood. Workers from our village used the route to reach the next village and the Wrest Park... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Enveloped at Wisley

  

  This weeks photo challenge is Envelope. I hadn’t planned to take part and then under the shade of a Laburnocytisus ‘Adamii’ at Wisley today, I watched several... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday – Busy Buff-tailed Bumblebee on Hawthorn

  

  Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris and Hawthorn flower http://bumblebeeconservation.org/about-bees/identification/common-bumblebees/... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Wildlife Wednesday – Looking Back at Our April Wildlife Visitors

  

  Julie:My post to Join in with Tina from My Gardener Says and her wonderful monthly meme Wildlife Wednesday Originally posted on Gardening Jules: April arrived... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Wildlife Wednesday – Looking Back at Our April Wildlife Visitors

  

  April arrived and brought an explosion of foliage and flowers, along with nesting Blue Tits, Starlings and for a brief time Coal Tits but we think they have... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Weekly Photo Challenge – Intricate – Queen Anne’s Lace

  

  Wild Carrott Daucus carotaQueen Anne’s Lace This photo was taken whilst we sat in the sun on the road side in Amalfi, waiting for a bus to take the hairpin... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Wildlife Wednesday – Looking Back at Our February Garden Visitors

  

  Tina Huckabee hosts a monthly Wildlife meme on the first Wednesday of each month on her lovely My Gardener Says blog. I took part for the first time in January... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Weekly Photo Challenge – Reward – Visiting the Garden of Ninfa

  

  This weeks photo challenge is titled Reward, I thought of the long walks, cycle rides, hills and the odd mountain we had climbed to stretch our bodies and be... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Bennington Lordship Garden and Snowdrops

  

  Last Friday, I visited Bennington Lordship in Hertfordshire. My original plan had been the RHS London Plant and Potato Fair, but on the day could not face the... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Cragside – Home to Seven Million Trees and Shrubs

  

  Last July we visited Cragside in Northumberland, a jewel in the National Trust crown and the former Victorian home of Lord and Lady Armstrong. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• In a Vase on Monday – Scented Birthday and Get Well Wishes

  

  My youngest daughter came home from uni last week, to celebrate her 22nd birthday, having graduated she’s stayed on to take a Masters. Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Wildlife Wednesday – Looking Back at January Garden Visitors

  

  Tina from My Gardener Says hosts a monthly meme – Wildlife Wednesday – I am really happy to be joining in for the first time and sharing some of our very welcom... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Weekly Photo Challenge – Serenity

  

  Winter blooming Pure White Camellia So many flowers bring about peaceful serenity. Pure white Camellia growing at Kew gardens, London.... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Magnolia x Soulangeana and a Mystery Unravelling

  

  Last summer three startling red seed cones appeared on our veteran Magnolia × soulangeana. A 25′ tall inherited tree which we understand was planted... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Wet Morning at RHS Wisley and a Blog Award

  

  From September to April twice a week I drive my eldest daughter on a 140 mile round trip to training, leaving at four and arriving home just before midnight. Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• In a Vase on Monday – Bespoke and Recycled

  

  In a Vase on Monday, hosted by Cathy at Rambling in my Garden has given me a lot of pleasure, both in the odd few times I have participated, but mostly in... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• In a Vase on Monday – On the Wild Side

  

  On a Monday Cathy from Rambling in my Garden hosts the addictive ‘In a Vase on Monday’, a meme to encourage her readers to bring a little of the outside inside... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2014 GARDENING, HOME