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• End of Month Review May 2024

  

  May has felt like a brief month, no sooner has it started then it finished. I think its because its been a busy montth. There has been a lot going on in the... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• A Fuzz of Blue at Portmeirion

  

  Regular readers will know that Portmeirion is a place I like to visit often. I have recently returned from staying there for a gloriously relaxing week, a... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024 - Part Two

  

  I find it impossible to compress RHS Chelsea Flower Show into one blogpost. I mean, I could if I wanted to but it would be sooo long. So here is part 2 of my... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024 - Part One

  

  RHS Chelsea Flower RHS Chelsea Flower is one of my favourite events of the year. I look forward to it every year and every year it is sufficiently different... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Oh Hello - Who Are You?

  

  There I was, wandering around the around the other week, when I noticed a peony bud on a plant I did not remember planting. This is not that unusual, I plant... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• The Questions - Ben Newell: Author Hello Tiny World

  

  I was recently asked if I wanted to review this new book by Ben Newell: 'Hello Tiny World' so I took the opportunity to ask whether Ben would like to take... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2024

  

  I do not get to the RHS Malvern Spring Festival every year, but when I am able to I make sure I do and I always enjoy it. This year the fates were on my side... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following May 2024 - Quincelet Time

  

  Hurrah Hurrah Hurrah! We are at the time of the year when the quincelets should be forming, and..... look, look, look! there they are, as the petals wither awa... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• A Day at Exbury Gardens and Steam Railway

  

  I was delighted to recieve an invitation to visit Exbury Gardens in the New Forest. I have been invited a couple of times previously but have never been able t... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review April 2024

  

  As April ends we have finally got some warmth into the season, until now April has generally been wet and cold and wetter again. I keep saying I don't... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Furzey Gardens: Its Been a Worthwhile Wait

  

  You know when you think something was about five years ago, which means it was probably seven and then it turns out it is actually 11 years ago? Well my dear... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: Buds and Blossoms by Liz Knight

  

  I recently wrote about my visit to Stockton Bury Gardens and I mentioned that one of the reasons for the visit was to have a tour of the gardens with Liz Knight... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• My Visit to the New RHS Urban Show

  

  The RHS launched a new show this year, the RHS Urban Show: new venue, new concept - well, just mainly new. Well of course I was going to go. It is billed as a... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• A Lovely Day at Stockton Bury Gardens

  

  The invitation read: Dear Alison, would you like to come and spend a lovely day with lovely people learning about lovely foraging in a lovely garden. Well,... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• A Camellia Redemption

  

  I bought this camellia ten years ago specifically to grow in a pot in the Courtyard Garden. I was looking for plants that would stand some shade and would add... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review - Finches Friend Cleaner Peanut Feeder

  

  Regular readers may recall that a couple of years ago I reviewed a couple of products from Finches Friend - the 'Cleaner Window Feeder' and the 'Cleaner Feeder... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following April 2024 - Blossom!

  

  Suddenly it is blossom time, one moment the blossom was tight in bud, the glimpses of pink were tightly wound, but the days are longer and the sun is warmer no... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• The Quest for the Nottingham Forest Rose

  Dear readers, I need your help. Many years ago my grandfather Jack Levey on the board of Nottingham Forest and was chairman between 1975-1978. My early famil... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - March 2024

  

  March has mainly been rainy, this Winter has largely been rainy and Spring is not looking very different. Thankfully we have had a couple of dry days recently... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Letter to the Garden - March 2024

  

  Dear Garden Well this year is turning out to be a doozy and a half isn't it? So much going on and frankly not much of it so far is good. 'Things can only get... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2024 GARDENING, HOME