Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: May
Aquilegias, tulips, peas and strawberries… late spring, such a lovely time in the garden. Click on the first image and …
Category Archives: Painting Paradise
Karma camellia
Hmm. I’m never quite sure about camellias. On the one hand, when they look like this, they’re fabulous. But they …
Pastures new
I am gardening again! Well – I’ve always been gardening, but not in other people’s gardens for a while. That’s …
Hampton Court in pictures: New varieties
Good ideas
Last week a lot of garden journalists emerged blinking into the open for the first major press event of the …
The wonderful year that was 2012
…as long as you’re a slug. Last year is now officially the second-wettest on record (though I have to say …
Postcard from Japan: The home team
No doubt the home supporters among you have been wondering how the Brits got on. There were two gardens from British designers at the …
July flowers
I have been feeling a bit gloomy about my garden this year – along with most of the gardening population …
March flowers
Not much happening – and most of it yellow. That’s been my general verdict on this month’s flowers: though tinged …
Gardens of Somerset: Forde Abbey
A landscape that’s remained much the same for over a thousand years Some gardens are known for their topiary; others for …
Sally Nex 