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Pruning the roots of this Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) specimen. First tease out the roots with a hook and trim ... -
We stumbled upon this garden on our way to visit Avon Bulb Nursery. We found out about Avon at The Chelsea Garden Show and decided ... -
The goal of this garden is to have an ever constant flora display, twelve months a year. It is a challenge at times but the lady of the ho... -
We found out about Wotton House by the friendly local couple we chatted with in the pub. On our way to Wisley , we stopped by for an hour ... -
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Irritating Plant of the Month - July 2017 Pride comes before a fall - or 'We are not at home to Ms Smug' This month it is not the actual plant that is irritating, it is a slug. A very specific slug and if I could put out an ...
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22 July 2017, early morning after the first rain for two months - The light is already softer, and the garden looked transformed with drops of rain glistening on every plant. I think it is a waste of time putting...21 hours ago
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Tomatoes - The tomatoes always look a little sad after their clean up. We have put a new tie on them as they are getting taller. At the same time we have also taken t...1 day ago
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Fruity Goings On - If you have noticed a slacking in the pace of blogs, I can only apologise, but I am deep in Squirrel Nutkin mode right now, harvesting and preserving the b...1 day ago
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Laura Sevonty's Garden - Another weekend, another great group of Northwest Perennial Alliance open gardens. Today, stroll with me through Laura Sevonty's Garden. A beautiful sunn...
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Willowsford Farm market stand & Fling wrap-up: Capital Region Garden Bloggers Fling - I’m not a food gardener myself, but I enjoyed the Capital Region Garden Bloggers Fling welcome-event visit to Willowsford Farm, a 300-acre farm surprisin...2 days ago
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Mid-Summer Weekend in Vermont - A mini three-day-vacation in Vermont arranged around the annual sold-out Vermont Cheesemakers Festival felt like a week. Our main reason for coming to V...
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Fling Prequel,the Bonus Round-Intas' Garden - I'm grateful for the opportunity I've had to visit some of our great public horticultural institutions across the US, but it's a particular pleasure to ...
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The Good Part of Summer - We've gotten plenty of rain the last couple weeks and the garden is pretty lush right now, in mid-July, when it's usually on the ropes as we head in to th...
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Cranborne Manor Garden – the Borrowed View - You would never guess from surfing the internet or glancing through travel guide books that Cranborne Manor Garden was one of England’s great gardens. Hi...1 week ago
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A sneak peek at The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder - This year is the 150th anniversary of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s birthday! Her beloved Little House series tells a classic coming-of-age story in the pioneer s...1 week ago
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Top picks at RHS Hampton Court 2017 - The exhibit that really caught my eye at this year's RHS Hampton Court Flower Show was "The Charleston Garden" (above) - one of three very different 'pott...
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Fletcher Bay Gardens on Bainbridge Bloom Tour - 2017 - Just the first look at this garden told me that it was worth it to drive all the way to Bainbridge Island to attend the 29th 'Bainbridge in Bloom' Garden T...
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Emmer Farro and Vegetable Salads - Earlier this month, we were visiting family in western Massachusetts and planning a lunch for a gathering of fifteen good eaters. We’d stopped at Petarski’...4 weeks ago
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Time travelling down tunnels with HG Wells at Uppark House - See this photograph… not really a garden, I admit, but it’s the part of the tunnel that leads from the main house at Uppark to the servants quarters, desig...5 weeks ago
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A New Film from Sissinghurst - Film making is a slow process but here, at last, is our second Sissinghurst film. This time it’s about the wonderful collection of irises we have in the ga...2 months ago
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Sowing Annual Flowers. Late April Update. - The seed selling season has peaked…normality is returning to Higgledy Towers…well….our own special version of normality. The first four months is when I do...2 months ago
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Cherry Tree Arboretum - *Magnolia* 'Shirazz'On Saturday Alastair and I went to Cherry Tree Arboretum on the Shropshire/Cheshire border near Woore. This is the private collection ...
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1 i 2 kwietnia Ogród Bellingham w TRÓJMIEŚCIE. - W marcu ogrodnicy zaczynają działać. I to ostro! Nagle na niebie widać upragnione słońce i wiaterek wydaje się cieplejszy. Na niektórych drzewach i krze...
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Winter Finery – Bright Spots on Dull Days - We love the soft light of winter and how it shows almost everything to advantage. In the shot above, conifers, yucca and the lingering leaves of a mix of d...6 months ago
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Journal: Conquering Table Mountain - The impressive cliffs of Table Mountain rise above Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, with Skeleton Gorge on the left Photos - Kirsten Honeyman, unless indicat...
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Transform your garden with a summerhouse - If you’re keen on your garden you’ll be used to planning ahead. If you also love relaxing in your garden, don’t neglect this important aspect – plan for it...7 months ago
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Eloise Butler Garden - Our first stop on the Minneapolis Garden Bloggers Fling was at the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary. Coming from California this garden l...11 months ago
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Spring Events -- Come Out and Join Us! - We are excited to be included in some fantastic events this spring - and we would love to see you there!1 year ago
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The Unexpected Garden Tour - I love finding the unexpected. Last summer in 2015, I went on the Snohomish Garden Tour in the historic district. I was pleasantly surprised to find so...
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A new garden in a new(ish) house. - Landscaping needs to be done with an eye to the future! I have just finished a design for a client for his 2 year old house and we are excited about how mu...
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Family and……. - A little while since I have visited this blog. At present not in a good place after four months of caring for my Mother after she was diagnosed with lung c...1 year ago
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Mud to meadow in (not) many months - I was asked to make a meadow that wouldn’t require regular mowing/maintenance, so my client could enjoy his weekends away rather than spend most of his t...2 years ago
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