Cheering Up Mondays #284
I love calendula, they’re such cheerful and easy to grow flowers. This is a new one in the garden this . . .
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Author: The Chatty Gardener
Rose of the Year Debuts at Stockton Bury
So many of us have had to find new ways of doing things over the past year and it appears . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #283
I spotted this rather wonderful clematis on a recent visit to Stockton Bury Gardens. The whole plant was covered in . . .
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A Look Around RHS Hampton 2021
Show gardens, gardens with a message, and flowers everywhere, there’s plenty to see at RHS Hampton 2021 In normal years, . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #282
It’s press day at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show today so this week’s flower had to be a . . .
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Review: The Flower Yard by Arthur Parkinson
I’ve been reading another dangerous book. After the recent temptation of Naomi Slade’s Lilies, The Flower Yard by Arthur Parkinson . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #281
It’s heading towards peak sweet pea time in my garden. This is a new variety given to me by Chiltern . . .
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Colour Explosion at the Malvern Midsummer Garden Life Festival
I had a sneak preview of the Malvern Midsummer Garden Life Festival which opens today. June may be more grey . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #280
A rose to start the week. I don’t grow many roses as my sandy soil isn’t really to their liking. . . .
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Lupin Envy at Berrys Place Farm
Country gardens may have lovely surroundings and space from neighbours but it’s not all the good life as I discovered . . .
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