An invitation to Wortley House
I love a new garden to explore and was delighted to be invited to look around Wortley House. There’s little . . .
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Author: The Chatty Gardener
Cheering up Mondays #183
A penstemon to start the week. I love the shades of colour on this – and the fact the slugs . . .
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How to grow hemerocallis
I’ve had a trip out to one of my favourite Cotswold gardens to find out more about growing hemerocallis – . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #182
A new dahlia to start the week. This is the rather strangely named ‘Karma Ying Yang’, which I was sent . . .
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Messages from RHS Hampton 2019
More than any other show I’ve visited this year, the gardens at RHS Hampton 2019 seem to be full of . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #181
The hemerocallis, or daylilies, are beginning to open, including this beauty. I’ve no idea where I got it, or what . . .
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Gardeners gather at Fibrex
The Gardeners’ Gathering at Fibrex Nurseries proved to be the perfect mix – beautiful flowers, specialist talks and plants for . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #180
After a brilliant trip to Fibrex Nurseries’ Gardeners’ Gathering at the weekend, today’s Cheering up Mondays pic just had to . . .
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‘My magical place’ – Mark Lane talks about his garden
I met up with Mark Lane at Gardeners’ World Live to talk about kneading soil, digging for roots and putting . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #179
They may look delicate but no matter what the weather throws at them the flowers of Nigella damascena keep looking . . .
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