Autumn Plant-Hunting at Bourton House
It takes a special garden to shine out on a grey, overcast October day but Bourton House Garden is such . . .
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Author: The Chatty Gardener
Cheering Up Mondays #248
Some exotic colour to start the week courtesy of Bourton House Garden. I had a great trip out there last . . .
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Tomatoes – the 2020 Gardening Trials
I spent the weekend clearing the last of the tomatoes from the greenhouse, something that always signals the end of . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #247
I was lucky enough to be given this via the Garden Media Guild during lockdown and what a star it’s . . .
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Review: The Botanical City by Helena Dove and Harry Ades
It’s easy to imagine that beyond the domestic garden, it’s nigh on impossible to really appreciate nature in the middle . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #246
These surprise me every year in the garden. Just when I’ve given up on flowers, they appear almost overnight. Such . . .
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Review: American Gardens by Monty Don & Derry Moore
At a time when visiting gardens is difficult and getting to America even harder, travelling by book is the next . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #245
One of the stars of the cutting bed for today’s dose of floral cheer. I grew this for the first . . .
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The Malvern Plant & Garden Fair – Is This The New Normal?
My flower show season always ends at Malvern but little did I think as 2020 started that it would be . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #244
After two really good days at the Malvern Plant & Garden Fair, it seemed only right that today’s flower came . . .
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