Romantic Roses for Valentine’s Day and Beyond
This blog on romantic roses is less about madly spending on Valentine’s Day than being inspired to create a garden […]
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Garden Visits
Garden Rooms at Woolbeding
The garden rooms at Woolbeding are the mainstay of the formal garden area. Although near to the house, they are
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Pitmedden Apples
This Pitmedden apples blog is inspired by a visit I made to the gardens in September 2021. It was my
Morden Hall Park Rose Garden Visit
Morden Hall Park Rose Garden visit is about an early summer trip to a south London gem. It’s a personal
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Scented Roses, rose bushes, climbers, fragrant flowers
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” Romeo and
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Bodnant Garden Spring Visit
A Bodnant Garden spring visit to the world famous Grade 1 garden in the mountains of North Wales. With a
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Wimpole Hall Walled Garden
Wimpole Hall walled garden – a late summer / early autumn visit to a productive ornamental walled garden on a
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How to Air Layer Roses – Propagation Techniques
How to air layer roses is one of the various vegetative methods for propagating roses. Whether the parent is a
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Companion Plants For Roses
Companion plants for roses is a foray into why mixing plants is a good idea aesthetically and for controlling pests
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Haddo Terrace Garden in Autumn
I was lucky enough to pay my first visit to Haddo terrace garden on a sunny day in early autumn.
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Autumn Garden Visits for Design Inspiration
Autumn garden visits for design inspiration aplenty from jewel laden trees and sparking flowers. Plus structure with lush topiary and
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Growing Underground – Food beneath our Feet
Growing underground sounds ridiculous. Plants need light, air, water, nutrients to grow. They use sunlight to create energy (ie the
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Townend Garden
Townend Garden is a small, domestic garden attached to a typical Lakeland farmhouse. Only the family who lived here for
Giant Houseplant Takeover – Garden Rooms with a Difference
The Giant Houseplant Takeover certainly gave the phrase ‘Garden Rooms ‘ a different meaning at this display in RHS Wisley’s
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Flowers, Fruit & Bees, Walled Garden Fulham Palace – Garden Visit
The Walled Garden Fulham Palace is an Historic Garden in Southwest London. Filled with flowers, fruit, bees, vegetables, large greenhouse,
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A Nematode Factory Visit – Garden Pests Beware!
Going on a Nematode Factory Visit was distinctly different to the usual Garden Visiting I do! Researching for gardening articles,
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Stumpery Garden, Sizergh Castle
A stumpery garden was a popular feature of Victorian gardens. The stumpery at Sizergh Castle is not Victorian but a
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Hardwick Hall Herb Garden – Garden Visit
The current design of Hardwick Hall herb garden is not the original sixteenth century one. In the 1970s the National
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Garden Visit Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens
The story of an historic Grade 1 in West Sussex is a phoenix rising from the ashes. Or rather, being
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15 Ideas for Garden Visits for Mothers Day
When you’re struggling with Mothers Day gifts for a gardener and wondering whether you can give her yet another pair
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Sub-tropical Glasshouse at Hall Place, Bexley – Garden Visits
A visit to the sub-tropical glasshouse at Hall Place, Bexley. An excellent plan for a late winter garden visit or
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Garden Visits – Downderry Nursery
If you were asked which English county grows the most lavender which one would you say? Norfolk? Would you be
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Snowdrop Days – Garden Visits – Chelsea Physic Garden
Snowdrop Days at Chelsea Physic Garden – a perfect garden visit for Galanthophiles! “What is a Galanthophile?” I hear you
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Garden Visits – Trerice Manor, Cornwall, spring
Trerice Manor is situated near Newquay in northern Cornwall. An Elizabethan manor house, it is surrounded by attractive gardens. Two
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Garden Visits – Holehird Gardens
Holehird Gardens overlooks Windermere and is the home of the Lakeland Horticultural Society. Probably my best impression of the gardens, on
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Garden Visits – Roseto Comunale, Rose Garden, Rome
The Roseto Comunale is a famous public rose garden in Rome. Free for both Roman citizens and tourists alike to
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Garden Visits – Mothers Day, Red House Garden, William Morris
Garden Visits – Mothers Day was indeed a Mothering Sunday visit to William Morris’s Red House and garden, in Bexley,
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Garden History – Rievaulx Terrace – Garden Visits
Rievaulx Terrace in Yorkshire is one of the earliest examples of the Picturesque Landscape Style still in existence today. Dating from
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Forced Rhubarb – Growing by Candlelight
Forced Rhubarb – Growing by Candlelight is a celebration of a British farming method that has created a world renowned
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Garden Visits – Kitchen Gardens
Garden visits kitchen gardens is a largely pictorial blog. Visiting kitchen gardens, both famous and less well known, is both part
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Garden Visits – Wakehurst Place
Wakehurst Place is frequently described as Kew’s garden in the country. This delightful and educational garden in Sussex is fascinating for
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Garden Visits – Coombe Wood Gardens
What are some of the favourite outings that the British public love to do on a Bank Holiday Weekend? Heading
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