Sunshine and Flowers at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2024
I don’t know what was more welcome, the first big flower show of the year or the sunshine that greeted . . .
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Review: The Raised Bed Book
If you’ve ever wanted to know more about growing in raised beds, The Raised Bed Book is for you. A . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #420
The flower show season starts in earnest this month with the RHS Malvern Spring Festival and Chelsea. So this week’s . . .
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Review: Haxnicks Garden Maypole
The first of May and, appropriately, I’ve been setting up the Haxnicks Garden Maypole in my garden and dreaming of . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #419
One of the garden’s daintier flowers for this week’s Cheering Up Mondays. These may not be the biggest blooms but . . .
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‘Reading’ While Gardening
This post contains affiliate links Do you listen to books? I do – particularly while I’m gardening. It’s the ideal . . .
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A New Chapter at Fibrex Nurseries
Fibrex Nurseries could have closed with the retirement of its owners but a new team have taken on the pelargonium . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #418
Now this is a welcome sight – and not just to brighten up a Monday morning. It got hit very . . .
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A Taste of Stockton Bury Gardens
Whatever else I expected of a press day at Stockton Bury Gardens, it wasn’t that I would be eating hostas. . . .
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Visiting the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
A trip to Scotland and the chance to finally tick off the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh from my ‘must see’ . . .
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