Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
But first, a holiday... I'm taking a little time off for a trip, calling in at the Canary Islands, Cape Verde and on to French Guiana and finishing after a few days on the Orinoco River, Venezuela. Internet access is going to be patchy - and definitely not a reliable broadband service - so there…
Continue reading ➞ West to the Orinoco
A walk around the whole of Virginia Water, from The Savill Garden, past ruins and totem poles, cascades and beneath glorious autumn colour. Low, slanting sun, blue skies, golden foliage... Rejuvenating! http://www.theroyallandscape.co.uk/gardens-and-landscape/virginia-water/
http://www.theroyallandscape.co.uk/gardens-and-landscape/the-savill-garden/ Please do look through their own website and if you are anywhere near, any time of year, go visit! There you are - the final installment from The Savill Garden, this afternoon. OK, I confess, I did continue around the vastness of Virginia Water, but those photographs come later...
http://www.theroyallandscape.co.uk/gardens-and-landscape/the-savill-garden/ Oh yes, there's more!
More from The Savill Garden, today. Glorious. http://www.theroyallandscape.co.uk/gardens-and-landscape/the-savill-garden/
A tour this afternoon around The Savill Garden, part of the Royal Landscape of Windsor Great Park. Bright blue skies, bright autumn colours - from the Japanese Maples in particular - but all manner of autumn glories too. Recommended! http://www.theroyallandscape.co.uk/gardens-and-landscape/the-savill-garden/
Mahonia x media Charity Well, actually, I know that the two close-ups are the named variety Charity - the other photograph was taken in the Woodland Garden at Kew and was too far into the border for me to make out a label. I'm certain there was one - they are sticklers for labelling but…
Continue reading ➞ Sweet Charity
Japanese Anemone It pays to pay attention to your own garden - especially when you've been so busy or the weather has been against you, or the newly dark evenings have caught you by surprise. Perhaps, like me, you have been anxious to take in the show at Wisley or Kew (replace with your own…
Continue reading ➞ From Japanese Maples to a lone Japanese Anemone…
The Teddington Gardener 