Cheering up Mondays #46
Alliums are a great addition to any border.
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Author: The Chatty Gardener
How to grow cutting flowers
A friend once commented with surprise that she didn’t expect to see me buying flowers. Surely I had enough in . . .
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Chelsea garden gets a new sky-high home
Cotswold designer Chris Beardshaw’s award-winning Chelsea garden is being given a helping hand by the BBC DIY SOS team this . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #45
Pink-flowered phlomis.
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The trials of gardening
As a gardening journalist, I’ve long been given plants, seeds and bits of kit to test in my own plot. . . .
Read moreReview: The Quest for Shakespeare’s Garden by Roy Strong
Did Shakespeare garden? Visitors to Stratford could be forgiven for thinking so as the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust maintains five gardens . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #44
A delicately veined geranium.
Read moreTips for small gardens
Small gardens may be easier to maintain than rolling acres but they are far more challenging to design. Hidden away . . .
Read moreReview: Monet’s Garden by Vivian Russell
I’ve always loved Impressionist paintings and those by Monet in particular. As a student, a visit to the National Museum . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #43
Chrysanthemum ‘Dixter Orange’.
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