Colour at The Manor, Little Compton
August can be a difficult time in the garden. Mid-summer flowers have faded and all too often autumn stars have . . .
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My Gardening View #14
My Gardening View this month is a mix of disaster and delight as the unsettled weather takes its toll on . . .
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Yeo Valley Takes Organic to Chelsea
I was invited to Yeo Valley earlier this summer to look around and hear about their Chelsea garden. Visiting gardens . . .
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Fairford Flower Collective Go To Chelsea
An impulsive suggestion has led to Fairford Flower Collective exhibiting at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. I met them to . . .
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Product review: Bokashi Organko 1 Composter
This is a sponsored post. Composting is something I’ve done for as long as I’ve had a garden. And that’s . . .
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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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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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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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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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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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