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• The Importance of Yellow in the Border

  

  My small-scale quest to find examples of good late summer borders, and in particular mixed borders looking good now, has continued. Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Pomegranate Flower Crewel Work Completed

  

  Originally posted on Nellie Makes: Back on the 1st January I blogged about learning a new skill – crewel work. I have an inability to sit and do nothing of an... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Stockton Bury Gardens – August

  

  Some may recall that earlier this year I set out to visit Stockton Bury Gardens, a garden local to me, on a regular basis. I have to admit I failed to make a... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Fine Example of Hedgehoggery

  

  It is a family joke that my parents, especially my father, loved to dome shrubs when he was pruning.  I often despaired as to me the beauty of many shrubs is... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Dad

  

  Yesterday afternoon my Dad, Roy, passed away.  He had suffered a major heart attack and cardiac arrest in the 3rd August at Worcester hospital. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend 17/8/14 – A Warts & All Tour

  

  I have weeded, dead-headed, cut back and generally given the garden a good sort out this weekend and during the evenings last week. Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – August 2014

  

  Here we are at the end of August and I have been lamenting the lack of colour in my garden. I have been more interested in foliage in the last year and I... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 10th August 2014

  

  Dahlia ‘Chat Noir’I haven’t been in the garden this weekend apart from to take some photographs.  Sunday has been wet and windy thanks to residue of hurricane... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: The Bee

  

  I agreed to review The Bee: A Natural History by Noah Wilson-Rich because I was curious to know more about bees. As a garden blogger who uses social media... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Isole Madre – an Italian Botanical Delight

  

  Now some of my readers have kindly described my garden as lush when they saw my EOMV photos but I don’t see it this way.  For me the photo above shows a lush... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View July 2014

  

  It seems like forever since I wrote the last End of Month View so much so that I couldn’t remember what photos I usually included so this post might be a... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday 30/7/14 – North Hill, Malvern

  

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  Posted on 30 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 27th July 2014

  

  Dahlia Con AmoreMy friend Victoria has recently said on her blog it is good to get away from your garden for a week or so as when you return you see it with... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Three Go to North Italy – Isola Bella

  

  One of the places I was really looking forward to visiting on our holiday was Isola Bella; one of three islands in the Borromean Bay. Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Three Go to Northern Italy – Lake Orta

  

  Lake Maggiore – the Borromean BayMy sons and I have just returned from a wonderful week on Lake Maggiore which is located in the shadow of the Alps in the... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday 16/7/14 – Cardicocrinum Giganteum

  

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  Posted on 16 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Why I Love the World of Alpines

  

  Cyrtanthus epiphyticusI had an enjoyable, although warm, day today at the local national Alpine Garden Society show.  Long term readers will know that I have a... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend 6/7/2014

  

  What a rewarding weekend in so many planty ways.  I spent Saturday at the annual HPS Variegated Specialist Group meeting which was held near by and was... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Hedges

  

  The Council of Perfection dictates many things particularly when pruning is mentioned.  However, the Council of Perfection does not work full-time in a demandin... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View – June 1014

  

  We are going through a bit of a floral lull in the back garden at the end of June.  I have just cut back most of the geraniums which had finished flowering so... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME