Monthly MUST do’s – August
There are many many wonderful blogs and articles and books about what to do by season and I reccomend you read one on a regular basis until you get into
Moving….
I’m one of those wanderlust folks who don’t stay too long in one place. Putting down roots for me is about a 5-7 years exercise though it has been less
The Collector (Nerd)
As well as being a Garden Designer I, like many others, am fairly fanatical about plants. So much so that a few years back I started collecting the apparently unpopular
ORCHIDS
I must admit to being the most terrible Orchid killer. I’ve been given several over the last few years and all have died except the last, a Cimbidium. Perhaps this
Seeds
It’s about that time of year when people who love their gardens and the process of growing start getting a bit antsy about the weather. Not being able to get
February and Hippeastrum
I am feeling slightly flat today having missed posting yesterday. ‘One a month’ was the original mantra, I missed Jan 2013 by a whisker of activity. Ho Hum, not going
2012 skids to a close
It’s been a roller coaster of a year 2012 though on the whole as many ups as downs. It started brilliantly well and sort of coasted in a bit from
Wisely Herbarium
Last Friday I was lucky enough to enter to rarified world of the RHS’s Wisely herbarium. A group organised by the British Iris Society we gathered for a talk by
TODOs May
Really?, Already? May? Time flies at this time of gardening year it all seems to come at once. I have been busy gardening for myself and for clients and I
TODOS April
Assailed by a never ending list of things todo I keep a master list for garden tasks in the kitchen, mostly scribbled on my latest Gardener’s World calendar but some
When are you cleaning you green house or cold frame this winter?
Probably not the most glamorous of tasks completed each year but one worth investing some time and elbow grease in is cleaning stuff. That’s cleaning your tools , soaping down
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RHS Seed list 2012
The RHS process a diverse range of seeds from plants cultivated in their gardens. The list is extensive, i.e pages and pages and pages long and has all manner of
Woottens of Wenhaston
I had spoken to Michael a few months ago about Snow Fiddler an MTB we are searching down for the collection and had been impressed with the monthly (?) emails
Hybridising Iris
We have had a collection of beautiful little Miniature Tall Bearded Iris for about 2.5 years now and this year we are doing so hybridising, just for fun to see
Planting in Shade
Like those red busses where you have none then 3 come at once so my latest projects all seem to have varying degrees of shade planting required. I have long
Which tool for Plant Specification
After learning about the National Plant Specification resource at college it had been assigned to the ‘someday when it can be afforded’ box – currently £156+VAT subscription then £99+VAT PA
The Dorothy Clive Gardens
REFLECTIONS UPON A GARDEN VISIT – written for the SGD student writing competition 2010. The Dorothy Clive Garden, Shropshire Shropshire is glorious country. Far enough off the beaten track to be