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• Tree Following - November - the Tree Pauses

  

  In November the quince seems to hold its breath.  It is one of the earliest trees to leaf up in the garden and one of the last to let them fall. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Unexpected Consequences

  

  There are consquences from visiting the Garden Literary Festival, a rather large pile of books. Most of which were not the subject of any of the talks, but... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review - The Private Gardens of England, Edited by Tanya Compton

  

  When I saw that this book was going to be published I thought it looked really interesting.  I do enjoy going to visit gardens and there is always a feeling of... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - October 2015

  

  I seem to have missed October, I feel like it has been and gone before I have had chance to really say hello.  I could say that I've been really busy and... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Conundrum of Conifers

  

  I don't like conifers. I have said it before and I will (most likely) say it again. I have never liked them. They sit there looking lumpy-like and pretty much... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• RHS Bridgewater - Interesting Times Ahead

  

  After a good fews months of anticipation the RHS has announced where their fifth garden, which we now know will be called RHS Bridgewater, is going to be. Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Southern Weekend: Episode Four - Great Dixter

  

  Our whole weekend, which was actually three days, was based on arriving at Great Dixter for one of their workshops on exotic planting. Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Lone Pine

  

  Yes, to celebrate Back to the Future Day, of course I am going to write something, I am not the sort to let such an opportunity pass.   In Back to the Future 2... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Questions: Michael Perry

  

  Michael Perry is Thompson and Morgan's New Product Development Manager and as he describes himself, a modern day plant hunter. Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Brugmansia Moment

  

  I bought a bargain Brugmansia last year when visiting Kiftsgate (one of my very favourite gardens). I have looked after it and coddled it all year, feeding it... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Southern Weekend: Episode Three - Lullingstone Castle

  

  I first visited Lullingstone Castle in Autumn 2007 after watching the television programmes about the creation of the World Garden. Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Garden Museum Literary Festival at Hatfield House

  

  The Garden Museum has just held its third annual Literary Festival, 'A Friend a book and a garden'.  I enjoyed it so much the first year I visited I have made... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following: Its October All of a Sudden

  

  Seriously?  October already?  That means I will be making the Christmas cake soon. I go outside and stare at the Quince Tree. I try not to make cross noises at... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Southern Weekend: Episode Two - Ulting Wick

  

  I have been wanting to visit Ulting Wick for several years now. I came to hear of it through Twitter and have spoken often and swapped seeds with its creator an... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Malvern Autumn Show - of Long Carrots and Rabbits

  

  I have never visited the Malvern Autumn Show before.  The timing of it is quite tricky for me to get to but this year I decided it was time I went. Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review -September 2015

  

  September has been and gone already and Autumn has arrived with a whoomp of falling leaves.  If I had written this a week ago I would not have said this, but... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Southern Weekend: Episode One, A Day at Beth Chattos

  

  Its been a while since I have had a weekend of gardening bothering with a good friend of mine.  We usually see each other about once a year, most often to go... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: The Gardens of Arne Maynard by Rosie Atkins and Arne Maynard

  

  A few years ago I was went on a course run by Arne Maynard at Allt y bela, his home close to the Welsh Border.  Arne talked us through his design principles... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Questions - Sara Venn

  

  Sara Venn makes people who are described as a human dynamo look a bit laid back.  Sara is a horticulturist and plantswoman.  She is the founder of Edible... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• An Afternoon at Plas Tan Y Bwylch

  

  I have driven past Plas Tan y Bwlch regularly for the last twenty years or so.  I sometimes looked at the sign and wondered what it was.  I sometimes looked at... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2015 GARDENING, HOME