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• End of Month View – July 2018

  

  20182009I write this end of month post with a sense of relief as July seems to have been a very long and dry month. We finally had rain on Friday after somethin... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Potted Relief

  

  It’s fair to say that I don’t do well in the heat at the best of times so you can imagine that over the last week or so with temperatures reaching the low 30Cs... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – July 2018

  

  Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’When I started taking photos in the garden this morning it didn’t feel as though there was a lot in flower. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• The Real Flower Petal Confetti Company

  

  This started as a Wordless Wednesday post but then I couldn’t choose which photo and now its a full blog post.The Real Flower Petal Confetti Company are based i... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View June 2018

  

  What a change a month brings.  Last month I was bemoaning my inability to get sunny photos of the garden; this month it has been a challenge to take photos... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Yeo Valley Organic Garden

  

  The other week I spent  lovely 4 days with a group of friends exploring the gardens of Somerset and Wiltshire.  One of the gardens I was quietly looking... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Foliage Follow Up – June 2018

  

  A day late but am joining in with Pam’s Foliage Follow Up meme. I thought I would share some photos of my front garden which is in transition from its spring... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• GBBD June 2018 – Its All About the Roses

  

  Rose ‘Chinatown’Having wandered around the garden taking photos of what is in flower for the Garden Bloggers Bloom Day post I realised that the roses were... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Austin – Tchotchke

  

  Lucinda Huston GardenI learnt a new word in Austin – tchotchke.  I think it is a Jewish word and it means a small object that is decorative rather than... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View: May 2018

  

  A somewhat bedraggled garden for this month’s End of Month View post.  I stupidly thought at the weekend, when it was sunny, I’ll take the photos nearer the... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• The Front Garden Two Years on

  

  Its been two years, and a couple of weeks, since I, well my youngest son, dug up our front lawn. It was decision I laboured over for more than a year – what... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Pacific Coast Surprise

  

  Its funny how things work out.  There I was thinking I would write a blog post about the gardens I saw in Austin when something caught my eye in the garden. ... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• A Garden of Inspiration

  

  The trouble I find with spending a number of days visiting gardens is the sensory overload.  So many gardens, plants, owners, ideas and experiences and when... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• GBBD May 2018

  

  Sweet CicelyWhilst I was away having a jolly time in Austin the garden was busy getting on with life and a new cast was waiting to surprise me. The first... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Austin: A Quilting Interlude

  

  Whilst I have an inordinate amount of photos of gardens and plants to trawl through before posting on the amazing gardens I saw in Austin during the Garden... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Centre

  

  The first of, I suspect,  many blog posts from my garden visits in Austin, Texas. Our first stop yesterday was the Lady Bird  Johnson Wildflower Centre, part... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View – April 2018

  

  I’m choosing to resist the temptation to bemoan the weather over the last month and instead celebrate the abundance in my borders. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• A Spring Day

  

  Saturday was a much needed sunny day, finally after weeks of grey and damp; the garden positively zinged with freshness.I think green comes into its own in... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Ascot Spring Garden Show

  

  On Point, Tom Hill Garden DesignYesterday, I spent a pleasant day down in Berkshire visiting the inaugural Ascot Spring Garden Show and also The Savill Garden. Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Spring at Last

  

  I think that Spring has definitely sprung in my garden, there is certainly a lot of colour, lots of pastels.The hellebores are certainly beginning to go over... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2018 GARDENING, HOME