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• End of Month Review July 2015

  

  July has been quite warm, quite windy and at times (thankfully) quite rainy.  It took a few rain showers before it started to really make the ground wet, but... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Questions - Tanya Batkin

  

  Tanya Batkin is a Director of Vergette Gardens and is an award winning garden designer based in Worcestershire. She has designed medal winning gardens for the... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden School: Garden History Week 3

  

  I'm having breakfast with Toby again.  This week we have learned about how fashions in gardening changed dramatically within 150 years.  Toby begins by looking... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Hosta La Vista Baby......

  

  Or 'For a few hostas more' At this time I have to take a deep intake of breath and admit, I don't like hostas. I don't, I have said it before and said it quite... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden School Garden History Course - Week 2

  

  This week I have been having breakfast with Toby.  Toby may be looking confused at this moment, but in order to find time to watch my lecture I did so over... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Questions - Anna Murphy

  

  Way back when in 2013 I was writing about RHS Chelsea Flower Show and I included a few photographs of one of the 'Fresh' gardens by JAM design. It was only a... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Easton Walled Gardens Sweetpea Week

  

  Its been sweetpea week at Easton Walled Gardens, which is always a good time to visit. There are many reasons to visit this garden and sweetpeas are close to th... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden School - Garden History Course: Week 1

  

  I was very kindly offered the opportunity to have a place on one of the My Garden School courses. I have been aware of the School for some time and had been... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Wander Around the British Lawnmower Museum

  

  I have visited Southport a few times, it is a place I have become very fond of. Everytime I go I have thought about going to visit the British Lawnmower... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following: the Trail of the Lonesome Quince

  

  In the blue ridge mountains of virginia On the trail of the lonesome pine (Harry Carroll 1913). Except it's not anywhere near a blue ridge mountain (maybe a... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Questions - Chris Collins

  

  Chris Collins is a familiar face from television.  I think the first time I remember seeing him was on Gardeners' World when he was the Head Gardener at... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A William Morris Inspired Wild Flower Meadow by Dan Pearson

  

  A new exhibition opened on the 27th June at Compton Verney to celebrate the 'Arts and Crafts House, Then and Now'. This is a major exhibition including many... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - June 2015

  

  June has been a month of fairly chilly, rather hot, a bit rainy and yet rather dry.  Thankfully we were spared frost though it looked a bit close at times. Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review - Gtech HT05-Plus Cordless Hedge Trimmer

  

  I was approached the other day to see if I would like to review the Gtech HT05-Plus cordless hedge trimmer.  I agreed and the hedge trimmer duly arrived. I... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Questions - Lady Ursula Cholmeley

  

  Lady Ursula Cholmeley is the owner (with her husband) and inpirational/motivational force behind the revival and restoration of Easton Walled Gardens. Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Rosa Fighting Temeraire - More Than Just a Rose

  

  Last autumn I bought the David Austin rose 'Fighting Temeraire'. It was was of those, saw the name, checked the flower only very briefly and then purchased... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Portmeirion Echiums

  

  Every time I visit Portmeirion I usually spend a moment or so standing in front of at least one echium having envious thoughts. This year seems to be a bumper... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Gwydir Castle - Peacocks and Yews

  

  I visit North Wales often and I do like to find new places to explore whenever I can.  I had been aware of Gwydir Castle on previous visits and it was on the... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Visit to an Artist's Garden

  

  I was fortunate to be in Wales the same weekend of the NGS Festival Weekend. This meant that there were several gardens open that I could choose to visit... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Day of Clough

  

  Much earlier this year I was sitting reading The Garden and there was a small piece about the opening this year for the National Garden Scheme of a rare (very... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME