The trials of gardening
As a gardening journalist, I’ve long been given plants, seeds and bits of kit to test in my own plot. . . .
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Review: The Quest for Shakespeare’s Garden by Roy Strong
Did Shakespeare garden? Visitors to Stratford could be forgiven for thinking so as the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust maintains five gardens . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #44
A delicately veined geranium.
Read moreTips for small gardens
Small gardens may be easier to maintain than rolling acres but they are far more challenging to design. Hidden away . . .
Read moreReview: Monet’s Garden by Vivian Russell
I’ve always loved Impressionist paintings and those by Monet in particular. As a student, a visit to the National Museum . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #43
Chrysanthemum ‘Dixter Orange’.
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Celebrate autumn
Two of the Cotswolds’ popular gardens offer the chance to celebrate autumn this weekend with their last big events of the . . .
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Roy Strong on Shakespeare, gardens and hanging baskets
The history of garden restoration can be traced back to the knot garden on the site of Shakespeare’s home in . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #42
Is there anything more spectacular than the seed pods of euonymus.
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Rediscovering asters
Sometimes you think you know a plant only to find there’s far more to it than you realised. Asters – . . .
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