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• The Walled Gardens at Luton Hoo Estate

  

  I know I am lucky to receive invites to visit lovely places. Sometimes I know the place I am visiting and sometimes it is somewhere unknown to me that turns ou... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following June 2023

  

  So we have had the blossom and now the setting begins - well hopefully begins. Will the little swellings of fruit set and stick? That is the question of the... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• An Anguish of Aspidistras

  

  I have had a small number of aspidistras for a few years now. They are generally easy plants to look after as they like to be ignored. Nearly all of them... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review May 2023

  

  After what feels like several weekends of lots of rain, finally we have had a couple of weekends with good gardening weather. This has been a relief for me as ... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023 - for a Few Show Gardens More

  

  I featured some of the show garden highlights in my previous post from this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show. There is always too much to include in one post,... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023 - the One with All the Irises

  

  Regular readers will know that RHS Chelsea Flower Show is one of my very favourite shows of the year. I just love the thrill of wandering around the huge site... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Reviews: Legends of the Leaf by Jane Perrone and The Garden Aviary by Gail...

  

  I have reviewed two new books that I thought might be of interest: one on houseplants and the other is history of garden avaries. To be transparent: I bought... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• Letter to the Garden - May 2023

  

  Dear Garden How are you? A bit weed-ridden I'm afraid, but I am working on it. There has been so much rain at weekends recently it has been hard to get out an... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• The Questions: Martyn Wilson - Garden Designer The RSPCA Garden RHS Chelsea...

  Here we are very much now on the run-up to the 2023 RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Regular readers will know I am immensely fond of this show and see it as one of th... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• A Visit to Beth Chatto's Gardens

  

  I was very lucky (and I do realise how lucky I am) to receive an invite to a day at Beth Chatto's Gardens. This was an opportunity I was not going to miss. ... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following May 2023 - Blossom

  

  Oh yes dear reader, we have blossom, quite a lot of blossom. In fact I am going to say oodles of blossom on both trees, more than I have seen before. Am I... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: The Seasoned Gardener by Liz Zorab and RHS The Resilient Garden by...

  

  I was keen to review these two new books, they both add to our knowledge about organic and sustainable gardening. Both have the health of our planet at their... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review -April 2023

  

  Here we are at the end of April. It has been a quite cold, sometimes frosty and oft very rainy April. Some days have felt more like early Autumn rather than... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• Letter to the Garden - April 2023

  

  Dear Garden I appear to have been slipping again in my frequency in writing to you. I want to say its because there is a lot going on, and there is, but also... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• The Dye Garden - the April Update

  

  There has been progress in the Dye Garden so I thought I would give you an update. Regular readers will know that I have been redeveloping my old veg garden... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• The Little Peach

  

  I bought a little ornamental peach tree several years ago. Whilst I know I have its name recorded in my gardening journal and when I planted it, I could not... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review: Bucket Barrow Urban88

  

  Picture the scene, I had just the other day received a tonne of top soil and a tonne of gravel for my new garden project the creation of a natural dye garden. ... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• Amaryllis Dancing Queen

  

  I have been growing amaryllis since I was a teenager after being bought one for Christmas. They are often sold as Christmas gifts and at that point I had... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: Not Another Jungle by Tony Le Britton

  

  The subtitle of this new book from Tony Le Britton is 'comprehensive care for extraordinary house plants' and this indeed what this book delivers. This is not... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following: April 2023

  

  The Quince Brothers have decided to ignore the recent frosts and burst into life. They are casting caution to the wind, reaching out, leaves akimbo, they... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2023 GARDENING, HOME