Cheering up Mondays #4
Hellebores are a late winter favourite.
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Author: The Chatty Gardener
Coberley pupils get planting
Youngsters at a Cotswold school are looking forward to their own snowdrop display thanks to Colesbourne Park’s head gardener. Chris . . .
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Cotswold snowdrop gardens 2016
For the 2018 list of Cotswold snowdrop gardens see here. Snowdrop gardens are a highlight of winter, a chance to get . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #3
Kniphofia rooperi is a fabulous splash of colour.
Read moreCountryfile visits Batsford
Conservation work at Batsford Arboretum will be featured on BBC Countryfile this weekend. Presenter Matt Baker visited the Cotswold arboretum . . .
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Grow rainbow potatoes
There’s no doubt that when it comes to grow your own, spuds have an image problem. Potatoes may be a staple . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #2
The second bloom to start the week with memories of sunnier days.
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Rococo opens a new era
Painswick Rococo Garden opens its gates this week for the 2016 season with a bigger display and a new garden . . .
Read moreReview: The Company of Trees by Thomas Pakenham
As a writer trees worry me. Faced with an herbaceous border, I’m in my element but charged with talking about . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #1
Monday. The first of the year. Holiday over. Rain forecast – again. To cheer the inevitable gloom, I am starting . . .
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