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Alan Titchmarsh backs gardens
If you don’t want your front garden to look like this horror then watch the inspirational Alan Titchmarsh in this video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h-dUWWtdAE
Continue reading...Weather matters
19. July 2011
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Staying with the weather theme I wonder if you have any idea where this photo was taken today? Not Spain, not the South of France or even a tropical island. I took this photo at lunch time along the sea front at Eastbourne on the South Coast of the UK – sometimes known as god’s […]
Continue reading...The Weather Makers
18. July 2011
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UK is certainly getting its share of weird weather this summer after the amazing spring heatwave. Unpredictable weather patterns bringing drought, floods and storms to countries across the world are predicted to become the norm as the planet warms. I have always found the confusing facts and evidence hard to work through but would recommend […]
Continue reading...Hampton Court reflections
16. July 2011
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I visited Hampton Court Flower Show last Sunday and was blown away by the sheer numbers of people attending – not to mention their endless enthusiasm and passion for plants plus the amount of money they seemed to have for acquiring plants and a range of paraphanalia, the majority of which seemed completely pointless to […]
Continue reading...Gardens and cats go together
15. July 2011
I have been dreading writing this post but feel I must explain my absence from blogging over the past week. My wonderful white deaf cat Assie – or Lord Asriel for anyone who read Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman -went missing on 7th July .I have spent the last week putting up posters and searching […]
Continue reading...Hampton Court shows solar greenhouse
8. July 2011
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The RHS Hampton Court Flower Show is my favourite horticultural event as you can get up close to the plants and find exciting new products like this fabulous new greenhouse using solar panels – brilliant and yet so simple.Will certainly be checking this out and lots of other interesting stories when I visit Hampton Court […]
Continue reading...Tropical Garden Design
8. July 2011
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Inspired by travelling to the tropics, I am now busy planning how to bring a tropical feel into my english garden and found these helpful websites which have some good practical tips: http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/tropical-garden-design.html http://www.floralandhardy.co.uk/pages/tropical-garden-design For totallly outlandish dreaming inspired by impractical solutions for UK gardens here is my favourite book on tropical garden design by […]
Continue reading...Tropical Plant Adventures
8. July 2011
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Apologies for my absence from blogging over the past few weeks. Have been exploring Malaysia and soaking up the spectacluar plants that grow in the tropical temperatures of beautiful Langkawi island, just next to Sumatra. Returned to the UK to be greeted by a wild veggie patch complete with an amazing melon fruit that excites […]
Continue reading...sun sets on midsummers day
21. June 2011
The longest day has passed with a glorious sunset over the Downs in East Sussex. Took this photo an hour ago on a windy but beautiful Beachy Head – summers here so lets see some heat for those plants and veggies please!
Continue reading...Summer Solstice celebrations
20. June 2011
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It is almost here ! Tomorrow is the longest day when summer officially arrives and we experience the wonders of having the sun set as late as 21.21hrs in the South of England – and even 22.03hrs in Edinburgh. Anyone feel that summer has eluded them so far after such a wonderfully warm and early […]
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20. July 2011
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