Exploring a hidden Winchcombe garden
The next county organiser for the Gloucestershire National Garden Scheme opens her Winchcombe garden this week. I’ve been along to . . .
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Author: The Chatty Gardener
Cheering up Mondays #127
The delicate markings of Geranium ‘Splish Splash’ to start the week. Geraniums are such good value – easy to grow . . .
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Review: ‘Revive Your Garden’ by Nick Bailey
Garden for long enough and the chances are you will need to undertake a rescue operation be it a complete . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #126
An old-fashioned garden pink for today, the start of British Flowers Week celebrating the UK flower-growing industry. This is Dianthus . . .
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Finding inspiration at Gardeners’ World Live 2018
Those who say that gardens at flower shows are out of touch with real gardening would do well to visit . . .
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It’s party time for pelargoniums
Fibrex Nurseries is celebrating 60 years and putting on a pelargonium party. Pelargoniums sum up summer for me. They’re widely . . .
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Cheering up Mondays # 125
Rosa ‘Geoff Hamilton’ to start the week – something special just like the man himself.
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In orchid heaven at RHS Chatsworth 2018
Floristry so often appears to be a bit of an after-thought at RHS shows, overlooked by many – particularly the . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #124
Some cool white elegance to start the week – pictured on Paul Hervey-Brookes’ 2017 RHS Chatsworth garden. The 2018 show . . .
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Review: Green Escapes by Toby Musgrave
When I lived in big cities, parks were my refuge from the constant noise and relentless concrete, a way of . . .
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