A Tatton takeout
At the RHS Tatton Park Flower Show, wandering around soaking up the beautiful, the amusing, the interesting, the eccentric and …
Monthly Archives: July 2011
July flowers
There was a full moon last night. I didn’t realise until I switched off the telly and wandered outside to …
Postcard from Hampton Court: Sunday
So… farewell then, Hampton Court. It’s been a good one and will live on in the memory for its mega …
Postcard from Hampton Court: Saturday
Canna ‘Cleopatra’ from Hart Canna, on their stall in the Plant Heritage marqueeOne of several gorgeous cannas that caught my …
Postcard from Hampton Court: Friday
This gentle joke was tucked away in a corner of the Pococks Roses stand in the Wonderland of Roses marquee. …
Postcard from Hampton Court: Thursday
Plant combination of the week goes to The Stone Roses Garden, designed by Stephen Reilly and Donna Taplin(small garden: silver-gilt) …
Postcard from Hampton Court: Wednesday
‘Picturesque’, designed by Melissa Jolly (Conceptual Garden: Gold)So clever: a series of plantings inspired by famous paintings, in this case …
Postcard from Hampton Court: Tuesday
The World Vision GardenI’m not usually that sure about what you might call ‘land art’. I tend to find myself …
Postcard from Hampton Court: Press Day
The garden that wasn’t: a ‘show feature’ rather than a show garden, ‘A Garden By Night’ is easy to miss …
End of month view: June
It’s been a month of making progress, if slow: the mad rush of spring has calmed and I’m just planting …
Sally Nex 