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• Irish Garden Odyssey: Kilmacurragh

  

  Back to my trip to Ireland, day 4 saw us arrive at Kilmacurragh, Kilbride, Co Wicklow. I have skipped ahead a little as I wanted to show you something other tha... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 26/7/15

  

  I haven’t posted about my garden for  a few weeks due to my travels but despite the rain over the last few days I have managed to spend a few hours outside,... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Irish Garden Odyssey: Hunting Brook Gardens

  

  Jimi Blake is one of those passionate plants people whose enthusiasm is infectious. You can’t help but smile as he almost bounces along telling you about his... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Irish Garden Odyssey: June Blake

  

  I have just returned from a week visiting gardens around Dublin and Cork with a group of 22 led by Noel Kingsbury. I was apprehensive at first as I went not... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 12th July 2015

  

  Thankfully today and over night we have had a good deluge of rain, topping up the water butts.  Sadly, whilst it appears a lot of rain the actual total for the... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Stocktonbury – A Campanula Cacophony

  

  I haven’t been to Stockton Bury for a month and the borders seem to have exploded with campanulas. For the first time I took my mother to the garden. Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Malvern Hills Challenge – 3: British Camp

  

  Its been some weeks since I posted an update on my challenge to climb all the hills that make up the Malvern Hills.  Life has been incredibly demanding and... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 5th July 2015

  

  The garden is slowly moving out of the quiet June phase and the late summer colour is beginning to appear.  I am really pleased with the Calmagrostis x... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Arisaema Consanguineum

  

  My current favourite plant in the garden is Arisaema consanguineum. A new addition this year from Dryad Nursery, one of those small mail order nurseries that... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View – June 2015

  

  Well that was June.  It seems as though I blinked and missed it and I suspect July will be the same given my diary.  I posted yesterday about my new found... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 28/6/2015

  

  As anticipated my visit to Great Dixter last weekend has really reinvigorated my enthusiasm for the garden. I have started to look at the borders and... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Sissinghurst – a Romantic Confection

  

  As I was staying in Sissinghurst village for my visit to Great Dixter at the lovely Milk House, which I would thoroughly recommend to anyone visiting that... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Great Dixter – A Revelation

  

  There are some places that you dream of visiting. You study the photos in books or on-line and you create an impression, maybe a little gilded, in your mind’s... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 21st June 2015 Solstice Delights

  

  I’m off today on a short garden visiting odyssey so there won’t be the usual weekly update of things in my garden. Instead here are some pictures of what is... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Spring Trellis – Motif 2 Completed

  

  The second motif on the Spring Trellis crewelwork embroidery is done and I am really pleased with my progress to date. The instructions are from Hazel Blomkamp’... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• What’s in a Name?

  

  Thinking – kinda!I have alluded occasionally over the last few months, maybe longer, that I have been making plans, sorting things out.  I suspect some would tr... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Bloglovin

  I have been in a bit of a blog black hole for a while and things have passed me by.  Finally, I have engaged with Bloglovin – only taken me a few days. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – June 2015

  

  The colour theme for June seems to be very much purples and pinks with the odd splash of red and white, such as the Potentilla album above. Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Country Gardeners Day Out

  

  Stockton Bury is one of my favourite local gardens so the idea of a visit which also combined a country gardeners market with a range of local nurseries was an... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Rainy Day Flowers

  

  I have treated myself to a new camera  – a Canon EOS 100D.  It was bought on a whim which is unlike me as I normally labour over such investments but I am in... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2015 GARDENING, HOME