Celebrate autumn
Two of the Cotswolds’ popular gardens offer the chance to celebrate autumn this weekend with their last big events of the . . .
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Author: The Chatty Gardener
Roy Strong on Shakespeare, gardens and hanging baskets
The history of garden restoration can be traced back to the knot garden on the site of Shakespeare’s home in . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #42
Is there anything more spectacular than the seed pods of euonymus.
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Rediscovering asters
Sometimes you think you know a plant only to find there’s far more to it than you realised. Asters – . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #41
The exotic looking passion flower.
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Acers fire up for autumn
Winter bedding and bulb-buying aside, autumn can be a quiet time for nurseries. There’s a sense of winding down, taking . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #40
Japanese anemones are a reliable late summer performer.
Read morePlant-hunting at the Malvern Autumn Show
The nursery displays at the Malvern Autumn Show are always the first place I head. Mail order is all very . . .
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Reflecting on the Malvern Autumn Show
Despite an enjoyable day buying plants and talking to nursery owners, I’m not convinced the Malvern Autumn Show has found . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #39
‘Aztec Pink Frills’, one of the dahlias from the National Collection that was used in the Malvern Autumn Show theatre display.
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