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• Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – August 2013

  

  It is definitely high, or some might say late, summer as the Ligularia ‘Britt Marie Crawford’ has started to flower.  I have to say I am surprised as it has bee... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• The Village Horticultural Show

  

  This weekend I was initiated into the world of the Village Horticultural Show.  I’ve never really lived in a village, well apart from 3 years when I was a child... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 11th August 2013

  

  Centaurea Americana ‘Aloha Blanca’Yet again I have had little time to do proper gardening this weekend and I have to say it is beginning to get to me. Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Nichols Garden – San Francisco

  

  When I came back from my jaunt to San Francisco with the Garden Bloggers Fling I have to admit to being rather punch drunk and gardened out. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Meadow Farm – A Plantsman’s Delight

  

  On Sunday morning before the downpours really started I popped across Worcestershire to visit the garden and nursery of Rob and Diane Cole – Meadow Farm. Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 4th August 2013

  

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  Posted on 04 August 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Veddw: Trying Not to Say ‘lovely’

  

  Yesterday I finally visited Anne and Charles’s garden – Veddw. I say finally as I have wanted to visit for a while but have been a little intimidated by... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Plant of the Moment: Digitalis Ferruginea

  

  The plant of the moment is definitely the Digitalis ferruginea also known as the Rusty Foxglove. I grew these from seed probably two years ago and this is... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View – July 2013

  

  I returned from a heat wave in San Francisco to a heat wave here which has only just ended.  It has left the garden dry and frazzled especially the front... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• A Bee’s Delight

  

  This year I planted a drift of Allium sphaerocephalen along the edge of the front lawn. I had seen them growing at Cotswold Garden Flowers last summer and... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• The Laskett

  

  Yesterday I visited The Laskett, nestling on the borders between England and Wales. This is a garden I have been aware of for some time, reading both positive... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 21st July 2013

  

  It continued hot and dry during the week and I and the plants were struggling. However, on Saturday the temperature dropped to around 24C and we had good cloud... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• The San Francisco Approach to Selling Plants

  

  During the Garden Bloggers Fling in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago we visited two nurseries. When I saw these on the itinerary I was a little down as to... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Foliage Follow-Up – July 2013

  

  I thought I would join in with Pam’s Foliage Follow Up meme which is on the 16th of each month.This mont’s Foliage Follow-Up focuses on the ‘Japanese Fern... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Getting Braver and Winning

  

  Some regular readers will recall that back in May I plucked up the courage to enter some plants into the Malvern Spring Show Open Garden competition and I won... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Solomon’s Seal Sawfly – Yuk!

  

  I have only myself to blame – I have been away too much recently; the majority of the garden has been neglected due to clearing space for the workshop; and... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 7th July

  

  Having been away for a week and then recovering from jet lag and exhaustion from a full on trip and heavy workload before it has really been two weeks since I... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Inspiring San Francisco Gardens

  

  Whilst we visited 12 gardens in the San Francisco area, the majority of which were private and all were beautifully maintained, there were 3 which I really foun... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• My First Fling…

  

  Typical planting style…of  the Garden Blogging Spring Fling kind of course!When I told people I work with that I was flying all the way from the UK to San... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View – June 2013

  

  As I am away I took these photographs on the 23rd June so not quite the end of the month but near enough.  The front garden is filling out and I think it is... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2013 GARDENING, HOME