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• A Special Day at the Hardy Plant Society Annual Lecture Day and AGM: Devon 2018

  

  You know when you think you went somewhere the year before last and it turns out it was three years ago, well that.  It is three years since I last went to the... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Vouched for

  

  The other week I received a letter that took me a few times to read to fully understand.  It was not a complicated letter, it was just out of the blue and... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Irritating Plant of the Month - Magnolia Fairy Blush - Again

  

  Is it allowed to feature the same plant twice as irritating plant of the month?  The answer is of course yes, my blog my rules.  So I present to you, for the... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Is There a Sting in the Tail?

  

  I often say that whilst I love snowdrops I am not a galanthophile and nor will I ever be one.  Overwhelmingly the snowdrops in my garden are the common nivalis... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Signs of Spring - the Annual Prairie Haircut

  

  Isn't spring great?  That wonderful feeling that life is returning to the garden is just magical.  Not that life ever really leaves the garden, there is always... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following March 2018 - a Flash of Green

  

  As March begins we have seen more than our usual share of snow and ice.  On the day I was taking my photographs for this post there was still some snow on the... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Competition to Win Two Tickets to the New Ascot Spring Garden Show 2018

  

  There are few things more enjoyable as finding out there is to be a new garden show added to the calendar. I had heard that there was to be a new show, the Asco... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• An Afternoon at Colesbourne Park

  

  It seems to me that if you spend any amount of time looking for snowdrop gardens to visit, it will not take long before Colesbourne Park will be mentioned. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review - This Is It Stores: Christow Gnome on a Bridge Water Feature

  

  I was recently contacted on behalf of This Is It Stores to see if I would help them promote their range of garden water features. Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• For a Few Snowdrops More: Back to Thenford

  

  Last year I visited Thenford for the first time. It is rather a special place and I knew that I would want to return. It is not open very often and sadly most... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• End of the Month Review - February 2018

  

  February has been cold, really cold.  As I write this the winds are blowing in from Siberia as we are have falls of snow in bitterly cold blasts. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Wednesday Metre - the Thenford Elephant

  

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  Posted on 28 February 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: Wild Mocktails and Healthy Cocktails by Lottie Muir

  

  I was asked if I would like to review this new book from Lottie Muir: Wild Mocktails and Healthy Cocktails.  I was interested in the title and so I happily... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Irritating Plant of the Month February- Oh My Poor(ly) Coronilla

  

  This month is not about an irritating plant, I am not irritated by it, I am lamenting for my Coronilla glauca citrina. I am pretty sure it is dead. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Snowdrops at Evenley Woods

  

  You know when you think you did something maybe two years ago and it turns out it was nearly four, well, it turns out it is four years since I visited Evenley... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review: Earthcycle Compost Soil Conditioner and Cow Compost

  

  I was asked some weeks ago if I would like to receive some samples of compost from Earthcycle. As I am sure you would hope from a company with such a name, thei... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• A Wintery Ellicar Gardens

  

  Many non-gardening people I know struggle to understand why I visit gardens during the winter. Indeed many gardens close during this period so that they can hav... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Snowdrops and More at Hodsock Priory

  

  Visiting Hodsock Priory at snowdrop time has become an annual event for me and it is one that I enjoy more every time I visit.  There is something about visitin... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• A Sunday Morning Break in the Weather

  

  This winter feels like it has been colder than recent years.  We seem to have had more constant cold, more frost and more sleet and snow. Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following February 2018 - a Glimpse

  

  The nights are getting shorter, or to put it even more positively, the days are now definitely getting longer.  To celebrate this the quince trees are stirring. Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2018 GARDENING, HOME