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My Garden Journal 2020 – August

Posted on September 19, 2020 by

Back for another delve into my garden journal, this time to see what I had entered during the month of August. Enjoy sharing it with me! I began by looking at a few of our colourful borders, “August, the traditional … Continue reading →

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Gardening in lockdown – Jude’s micro-nursery plants sort out

Posted on May 28, 2020 by

We sell lots of plants mostly perennials and shrubs when we open our garden and when we give talks to clubs and societies. I take the shrub cuttings and Jude deals with seed sowing and looking after plant divisions and … Continue reading →

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Hellebores – winter and spring perennials

Posted on March 24, 2020 by

At this time of year we love turning up the drooping heads of our hybrid hellebores. They can flower from mid-winter on through spring so are such useful garden plants and loved by most gardeners. Enjoy my photos below of … Continue reading →

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Carex – the grass no garden should be without.

Posted on January 24, 2020 by

The Carex family of grasses are evergreen, neat and so useful in any garden. Recently introduced (over the last 5 years or so) varieties add slightly different foliage colours, variegations  and patterns. We use them on the edges of borders … Continue reading →

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The Sheffield Gardens – Part 1 – Bramble Wood Cottage

Posted on December 16, 2019 by

Via the NGS book, The Yellow Book, we had the opportunity to book a weekend up in Sheffield to explore three gardens, owned by members of the “Sheffield School of Planting” who have been encouraging the use of wildflowers and … Continue reading →

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Seasonal visits to two very different gardens – Autumn at Wildegoose

Posted on October 26, 2019 by

This is the last visit to the smaller of our two gardens that we have been visiting throughout 2019, so please enjoy my report on Wildegoose Nursery and Garden which we visited on its last open day of the year. … Continue reading →

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Pembrokeshire coast and gardens – a week away in June – Part 5- Dyffryn Fernant

Posted on October 7, 2019 by

Dyffryn Fernant is one of those gardens that makes such a lasting impression that I can walk through it in my mind in great detail whenever I wish to. It is one of the best gardens we have ever visited, … Continue reading →

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My Garden Journal 2019 – August

Posted on September 10, 2019 by

Here we are with my journal entries looking at the last month of summer according to the the MetOffice. August has been a bright month with confused weather as has been this year’s norm. plants have continued to grow oversized … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Gardens – Part 2 – Esme’s Garden

Posted on September 1, 2019 by

After enjoying a couple of hours and fine refreshments at Nancy’s home town garden we drove a short way to her other garden which is dedicated to her mother-in-law, Esme. Through a gap between two rows of terraced cottages we … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Gardens – One gardener two gardens!

Posted on August 29, 2019 by

Our gardening  friend Nancy has two gardens – the only gardener we know who has two gardens. They are quite different gardens in the way they are designed but the quality of planting, the use of colour and above all … Continue reading →

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