It’s not just the whole tree or shrub that can provide vibrant tones through the dim ming light of autumn the carpets of falling leaves makes a patchwork on the ground, the lawn, the border. To rake up for leaf mould piles or to admire a little longer, that is the question?
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Autumn
Sometimes there is surprising Autumn finery on common trees and shrubs
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The thing about doing something over and over and over again is that you begin to notice more and more and more of the detail. Take driving to work. I used to drive to Cambridge from Bedford and en route there were countless verges, motorway banks, arable fields, a large cemetery, a pastoral parkland, animal…
Continue ReadingTree Preservation Order – what is it and what’s new in 2012
Perhaps not the most thrilling of topics, unless of course you’re subject to one or more on trees in your garden and in this case they may not be thrilling but rather, slightly annoying or you’re a designer working within spaces where trees might be subject to them or you’re a Tree Officer with the…
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I am certain many gardeners are staring with trepidation at the weather forecast every evening as the Spring reverts to ‘normal’. WHY? well snow, snow, snow and the dread frost. In 2010 I planted a Reine Claude Green Gage which is a green plum variety, one of the most common and delicious when ripe. Slightly…
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