A week in Northumberland #4: A wee wonder
Let me take you along a rain-slick path into a hidden garden of dripping ferns, towering leaves and vividly coloured …
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A week in Northumberland #3: Poisonous plants
Perhaps the most talked-about bit of an already very talked-about garden is Alnwick Garden’s Poison Garden. You’re only allowed inside …
A week in Northumberland #2: Alnwick Gardens
The most celebrated gardens in Northumberland are without doubt those of Alnwick Castle. As it happens, they’re also among the …
A week in Northumberland #1
Come with me, gentle reader, to a little corner of England I bet most of you have only ever gazed …
Happy Birthday James!
It’s The Hat’s half-century! My heartfelt congratulations on making it this far still with inimitable good humour intact. As my …
Running to seed
Though I say it myself, I’ve been doing rather well with saving seed this year. I’ve had a go with …
Our Big Lunch
We’ve been having lunch with Tim Smit today. The Big Lunch is an idea of his which I first heard …
Return of the Rumble Memorial Pot
You know, I’m supposed to have a pretty container frothing with flowers just outside my front door to welcome visitors. …
July flowers
Now this is so easy. All Garden Bloggers Bloom Days should be in July. Hope you enjoy it! And thanks …
A tale of two designers
Sadly, my college course has now finished – I shall miss it, not just for the chance to jaw about …
Sally Nex 