Some Festive Spirit
The last few days have been spent thinking about making Christmas wreaths from my garden.There has been much around to inspire me – I photographed these gorgeous ones at Petersham Nursery […]
Category Archives: Garden Decor
Late Summer Colour Theme
At this time of year many plants have finished flowering, but thanks to a few packets of seed (courtesy of the Cottage Garden Society seed exchange) and a couple of […]
Autumn display
Around this time of year I gather up whatever plants I have in containers and, along with any new additions, I make an arrangement that looks good from the living […]
Houseleek brick
I first saw this lovely idea on Gardeners’ World years ago, back in the days when Geoff Hamilton presented the programme. I’ve seen them in several gardens since, and wanted […]
Stepping Out
I have more than enough wooden stepladders in my garden shed. Some are old, some new, they are of differing heights, and most are painted. All are used throughout the […]
Favourite Flower Friday
I’m not usually a fan of bedding plants, but I ordered this striking Petunia Surfinia ‘Green Edge Pink’, as a pack of plug plants from Suttons 2015 catalogue in early […]
Sunday Snap
I enjoy making decorative scarecrows to put in in my veg plot – sometimes to photograph, but often just for fun. This was my first attempt, made back in my Kingston […]
Decorative Cane Tops
One of my big fears in gardening is accidentally poking my eye with bamboo cane or a sharp clipped branch, so I have the national collection of cane tops in […]
Easy Garden Décor
I am always looking for quick decoration ideas in the garden, as another way to make it more personal to me. I found these plastic lizards in a local toy […]
Stone Management
I’m supposed to be weeding so I don’t know why I have started sorting out stones. Husband Tom started me off – his dad used to ask him to do […]
Snapdragon Jules 