Design tips for front gardens
Ahead of Gardeners’ World Live, I’ve been chatting to top designer David Stevens about why front gardens are important and . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #176
How’s this for a rose? Spotted on the Peter Beales stand at Chelsea last week. Perfect for a Bank Holiday . . .
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Chelsea 2019 – a day with the flowers
Show gardens are all very well but for me the highlight of any trip to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show . . .
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Gathering some planting ideas
I get to see a lot of gardens, usually with just the owner or head gardener for company. So, the . . .
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RHS Chelsea 2019 – sensory overload
The joy and danger of a day at RHS Chelsea is sensory overload. There’s simply so much to see and . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #175
Just love the sunny colour of this Iris ‘Ola Kala’, spotted in a garden I visited last week. Do follow . . .
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Review: A Nation in Bloom by Matthew Biggs
You can’t garden for long without coming across the Royal Horticultural Society. Be it annual flower shows such as Chelsea, . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #174
Aquilegia are covering my garden, mostly self-sown from a few plants bought years ago.
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RHS Malvern Flowers 2019
While I love looking at show gardens, for me, the RHS Malvern flowers are the stars of the show. I . . .
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RHS Malvern gardens 2019
There’s plenty of colour in the 2019 RHS Malvern gardens, which is just as well given the weather. I spent . . .
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