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• End of Month Review - June 2016

  

  It is hard to write a post about the end of June without making some surprised reference to being half way through the year.  I shall resist the temptation. Jun... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: Moving Heaven & Earth, Capability Brown's Gift of Landscape by...

  

  A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to go and listen to a talk by Steffie Shields about her passion for Capability Brown and his landscapes. Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Midsummer Lunch at Easton Walled Gardens

  

  I was very pleased to be invited to a recent Midsummer Lunch event at Easton Walled Gardens. I was delighted to be able to go as it is a garden I am extremely... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The Most Annoying Plant Award Goes To......

  

  ........ Poncirus trifoliata I bought this plant back in 2013. It was a fine plant and I fell in love with it straight away. It lovingly planted and I stood bac... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: Gardens of the Italian Lakes by Steven Desmond

  

  Fresh back from my own wanderings around Italy, I was asked if I wanted to review this rather lovely book Gardens of the Italian Lakes by Steven Desmond,... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review: Gtech Cordless Lawnmower

  

  I was recently asked whether I would like to trial Gtech's new cordless lawnmower. When I bought my current lawnmower (an electric flymo) just over a year ago,... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Hortus Romam 7 - Finiti

  

  Gosh, I hear you say, another one?  When will this end?  This must be the longest 'what I did on my holidays ever!' I would apologise, but I would not mean it. Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Thompson and Morgan Jazzy Potato Growbag Challenge 2 - Emergence

  

  It has been a few weeks since I planted up my grow bags each with the single Jazzy potato. You may recall that the point of this challenge is that one bag is... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Delightful Visit to Parham House and Gardens

  

  I received an invitation a few weeks ago to be the guest of Tom Brown, Head Gardener at Parham House and to have a tour of the gardens and house. Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday - Snail on Angel

  

  Spot the snail..... Blue Angel IX by Dominic Welch On Form stone sculpture exhibition. Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• on Form - Sculpture Exhibtion at Asthall Manor

  

  I was delighted  to be invited to Asthall Manor in Oxfordshire to the on form sculpture exhibition press launch the other day. Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review: Outdoor Baby Bio Flower and Shrubs - Week 4, the Outcome

  

  Week four has arrived of the Outdoor Baby Bio Flower and Shrubs challenge. Way back in week one the claim was that in four weeks the plant that I was feeding... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Hortus Romam 6 - Ninfa

  

  The last garden of the tour was Ninfa and I began to worry about going.  There was a chance, a real chance, that I might not like it. Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following -'It Came off in My Hand Mum'

  

  We are now at that tense time of the year.  The frosts are now hopefully over, though there is still a chill in the evening air at times. The quincelets are... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Hortus Roman 5 - Villa D'Este

  

  Some of you may wonder why we started off in Tivoli seeing Villa Adriana, then went to Villa Lante/Franese and then came back to Tivoli to D'Este? Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review - Outdoor Baby Bio: Flowers and Shrubs Week 3

  

  We have passed the half way mark of this challenge as we are now in week 3 with one more week to go.  The trial involves using Outdoor Baby Bio Flowers and... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: The New Wild Garden: Natural Style Planting and Practicalities by...

  I was very pleased to be asked if I wanted to review this book as it is a subject I am very interested in.  I have a 'Wild Garden' that makes up about a third o... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• RHS Chelsea Flower Show Part 2 - the Other Bits

  

  Much as I enjoy the gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show, I enjoy the other bits just as much and some, probably, even more. I love the large sculptures, I am sur... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - May 2016

  

  It would appear that this year is now five months gone, this is rather speedy.  May has been a bit chilly at times, but also quite sunny and warm and a... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016 Part 1 - the Cold One

  

  The day we went to Chelsea Flower Show it was cold. I have never been to a cold Chelsea before, I have been to warm ones, hot ones and rainy ones, but this was ... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2016 GARDENING, HOME