Raising the Stakes
This time of year I spend a lot of time supporting perennials and shrubs, especially necessary when they have been weighted down with rain as last week. I have a […]
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Favourite Flower Friday
Angelica gigas purple angelica I’ve wanted to grow this lovely umbellifer for years, and have had this particular plant in my garden for 18 months before it has finally produced […]
Garden Visiting
Last week I went away for a few days and as always my trip included garden visiting. We called in on fellow Cottage Garden Society member Rachel Helfer’s garden in […]
Favourite Flower Friday
Aquilegia ‘Tower Light Blue’ This pale blue double aquilegia has just finished flowering in my mum’s garden, so I have carefully collected the seed and will distribute it around her […]
Gardens past
We have had five gardens throughout our married life. The first of note was in Kingston where we lived for fifteen happy years. We were just a short walk from Richmond […]
Our garden
The garden is 80ft long x 40ft wide, and set on two distinct levels. We have a sunny patio area up top and steps down to a shadier ‘secret’ garden. When […]
Snapdragon Jules 