Garden club for a new generation
My job often leads to garden envy. Other people’s plots always seem to have fewer weeds and healthier plants and . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #129
Something exotic for a heatwave Monday. This Callistemon, or bottlebrush, was spotted in a summer container at Gidleigh Park in . . .
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Walking in sunshine at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show 2018
There’s no getting away from the heat at this year’s RHS Hampton. From the relentless sun, to show garden planting . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #128
Rosa ‘St Ethelburga’ pictured at last year’s RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. I’m hoping to see lots of roses . . .
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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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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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