Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
I'm gathering my thoughts for a talk next week and came across this article in The Telegraph, written by Bunny Guinness. I'll leave her to talk more about Uncle David... Coming up roses How to find out all about the joys of breeding roses from a favourite uncle. The name of the rose: David Austin…
Continue reading ➞ Roses all the way… a potted history of David Austin Roses
Petersham Nurseries turns 10 - and I'll be talking All Things Roses... Events 5th -8th June From the Petersham Nurseries website - Join our family celebrations, a festivity of ten years Petersham Nurseries turns 10 this year and in celebration, owners The Boglione Family will be hosting a long weekend of events, open to the…
Continue reading ➞ Petersham Nurseries – 10th Anniversary Events & Celebrations!
The roses at Petersham are giving up their treasures with new blooms every day - Old Roses with impeccable credentials and the new Aristocracy, courtesy of David Austin. Even on such a wet, nay traditional Bank Holiday Monday - there was fragrance too. No more can I ask...
What can I add to the sum of the coverage of this, the greatest flower show on earth? A few photographs (and by my standards, a very few). An impression of the event, distilled from a tour yesterday evening. A drop in the ocean really - a few gorgeous plants and planting combinations, a twist…
Continue reading ➞ A glance, gander and glimpse of Chelsea 2014
I think my visit to Mottisfont - to see their incomparable collection of Old Roses - might have to be soon if the Capsule Collection at Petersham is anything to go by. New roses are popping into flower every day, with an opportunity to make new friends amongst the names I haven't seen in bloom…
Continue reading ➞ Roses, all the way – and a piece of Chelsea Fringe at Petersham Nurseries
It's that time of year again - the RHS Chelsea Flower Show - undoubtedly the best in the world - and there is so much media coverage that it just can't be escaped. I'm there Thursday evening, with my camera and umbrella, to add my twist to the event. I think a spell in a quiet, darkened…
Continue reading ➞ RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2014
Florist's Flowers I'm rather in love with the double auriculas which feature in the earlier part of this gallery - I didn't think they would glamour me quite as much, but with their gentle ruffles and mix of rich, faded and subtle colours, I'm smitten. These beauties are all auriculas, primroses, and I turn (once…
Continue reading ➞ Woottens of Wenhaston, thank you…. Funiculì, Funiculà , Auriculì…. Auricula!
Well, a rose in the basket on the front of my bike - and a lot of smiles I encountered on the way home too. Tough little cookie, this rose - I don't think I lost a single petal and there was quite a headwind and more than a few jolts on the way. 1909…
Continue reading ➞ On my way home with Gruss an Aachen on the handlebars….
The Teddington Gardener 