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Counting Flowers in Your Garden on Christmas Day

December 23, 2017by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

Christmas Day is almost here. It will be busy and stressful for some, for others a quiet and reflective time. I have always found that a lovely thing to do […]

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Garden Story, In my Garden

Cottage Gardening for the 21st Century

May 19, 2017by snapdragon jules 3 Comments

Cottage gardening has a distinct style of it’s own, encompassing informal design and dense planting with a good mix of ornamental and edible plants – the cheapest and most forgiving […]

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In my Garden

Snowdrop Patrol

January 27, 2017by snapdragon jules 4 Comments

This year I have a good reason to venture outside in the freezing cold. I am going to see how my snowdrop collection is coming on. I inherited a couple […]

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Favourite Flower Friday, In my Garden, Must have plant, What to do in winter

Some Festive Spirit

December 18, 2016by snapdragon jules 3 Comments

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 […]

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Garden Decor, inspiration, Sunday Story

Saving Seeds

September 9, 2016by snapdragon jules 2 Comments

Like many fellow members of The Cottage Garden Society, at this time of year I’m busy sorting, packing and labelling seeds collected from my garden. I will send them to […]

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In my Garden, Practical Gardening

Late Summer Colour Theme

September 1, 2016by snapdragon jules 3 Comments

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 […]

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favourite flowers, Garden Decor, In my Garden, inspiration

Very Betty

August 1, 2016by snapdragon jules 6 Comments

Our guest speaker at The Cottage Garden Society AGM this year was Neil Lucas, of Knoll Gardens fame. I funded the lecture on the condition that we would call it […]

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favourite flowers, Garden Story, Must have plant

Cottage garden style

December 14, 2015by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

Cottage garden style is often described as gardening in a way that uses informal design, traditional materials, dense plantings, and a mixture of ornamental and edible plants. For me it is […]

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Practical Gardening

Must have plant

November 27, 2015by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

I’m not usually a fan of fuchsias – I think their flowers too fussy, but this beautiful golden fuchsia that grew in my mother’s garden is the exception. Fuchsia ‘Aurea’ […]

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Must have plant

Saving seeds

September 13, 2015by snapdragon jules 4 Comments

At this time of year I save seeds from as many plants as I can in my garden, keeping those from unusual and interesting plants for The Cottage Garden Society’s annual […]

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