Cheering Up Mondays #292
A rather beautiful rose I saw on my recent visit to Barnsley House for this week’s Cheering Up Mondays flower. . . .
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A Welcome Return to Barnsley House
For various reasons I haven’t been out to Barnsley House for a while and even then I can’t remember visiting . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #291
A garden stalwart for this week’s Cheering Up Mondays flower. Geranium ‘Rozanne’, looking a little weather worn but still full . . .
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Escaping to BBC Gardeners’ World Live
BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2021, rescheduled from its usual June slot, may have been smaller – fewer show gardens, not . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #290
One of my new dahlias for the last Cheering Up Mondays flower of August. I was beginning to think this . . .
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Review: The National Trust School of Gardening by Rebecca Bevan
I’ve been looking through ‘The National Trust School of Gardening’, a new ‘how to’ book. Much of my gardening knowledge . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #289
I’m off to the press preview for BBC Gardeners’ World Live this week so something from a previous show seemed . . .
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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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Cheering Up Mondays #288
A new cosmos in my garden to start the week. This is the first time I’ve grown ‘Xsenia’ and it’s . . .
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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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