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• 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

• A Tiny Welsh Garden

  

  For the last couple of years I have stayed at a cottage in North Wales with a tiny garden. By tiny, I mean that the amount of space between the back door and th... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Octarine Year

  

  Now as I am sure you all know Octarine is the colour of magic, it is the eighth colour in the spectrum and visible only to magicians, witches, children and cats. Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review - Oxford College Gardens by Tim Richardson, Photographs by Andrew...

  

  I was recently asked if I wanted to review the latest book by Tim Richardson on Oxford College Gardens, with photographs by Andrew Lawson.  I did not hesitate t... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following - the September Story

  

  and then we reached September.  Now the focus is the tree itself, I am no longer hoping for a quince as that is now next year's story.  Now it is what is the... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Less Shameful Pond

  

  In my last End of Month Review I had to forego my usual 'ending on the pond' photograph. I am pretty much of the opinion that the End of Month Review is for... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: Paradise Gardens by Toby Musgrave

  

  Regular readers will know that I recently completed a garden history course written and delivered by Toby Musgrave for My Garden School. Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review August 2015

  

  Whilst I am writing this it is raining.  August has seen quite a bit of rain but also some good sunny days.  I have spent most of the month gardenwise rather... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Questions - James Alexander Sinclair

  

  James Alexander Sinclair is a well known garden designer, writer, speaker and television presenter.  He has designed gardens all over Great Britain and as far... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Memorial Gardens - The National Holocaust Centre and Museum

  

  The memorial gardens at Beth Shalom, the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, opened recently for the National Garden Scheme and it was time that I went on a... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Tortoise Musings

  

  Short of legs but not insightEyes awe boundBelly earth borne, Back home packedGait monasticNative of no land, Call led crawls, sense fed-A bite here, a munch... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Mr Fothergill's Trial Grounds

  

  I was very pleased to receive and invitation to take part in Mr Fothergill's press day at their trial grounds just outside of Newmarket. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2015 GARDENING, HOME