Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
Tales of the City - a grand day out in London to take in the sights, see the fully opened Petersham Nurseries in Covent Garden now the Floral Court and the restaurants are open, have a spot of lunch, see some Art at the National Gallery (Monet and Architecture as well as some of the…
A beautiful addition to the displays, this bronze cooking bowl in which spring flowers - tulips and tree peonies, violas and clematis, the last of the Hellebores are dropped into the shallow clear water. The breeze moves them around in a floral ballet of brownian motion and it is a real delight. Some float, some…
Continue reading ➞ A Spring Soup … spring cutting garden flowers, floating
Well I must apologise first - shaky camera, dull and overcast, fingers in the frame ... a less than dynamic narration but nevertheless, the subject of this amateur videography is still shining through. The Cutting Garden within Petersham Nurseries has been a floral powerhouse these past few weeks and the cooler weather we have enjoyed…
(Ausearnshaw) Emily Brontë English Shrub Rose bred by David Austin An exceptionally beautiful rose; the distinctive blooms are very neat and rather flat. Each bloom is a lovely soft pink, with a subtle apricot hue, the smaller central petals deepening to rich apricot and surrounding a button eye, which unfurls to reveal deep-set stamens. The…
A day of sunshine and showers and a trip down the M3 to Windlesham to visit Longacres and subsequently Wyevale and Hilliers. Three very different garden centres - one huge and sprawling, with everything (save many perennials), one very glum and one that has been extended and revamped beautifully - quite a treat. Longacres is…
A little bit of repetition in these images, but I am dithering about editing them and can't decide exactly which I prefer, so you're getting pretty much them all! A beautiful sunshiny spring morning, after a night of stormy electric rain, and everything after the warmth of the last week - and the weeks of…
Continue reading ➞ Petersham House Gardens National Garden Scheme Open Day
Well this time I'll let the pictures do the talking. And I nearly didn't call in this time around to Great Dixter and am so glad I did. I don't recall that I have visited in Spring before (it is a stupendous garden in late summer and autumn) and I did attend one of Fergus…
Continue reading ➞ An East Sussex Odyssey and the jewel in the crown, Great Dixter
A very quick look at Merriments, a garden centre, cafe with adjacent gardens. But not so merry I'm afraid. The garden centre was very uninspiring and the gardens were undergoing some major works, though again I wasn't thrilled by them. A very good cheese and ham baguette in the cafe, but I shan't be returning.…
Continue reading ➞ Merriments – not so merry …
A second stop in my East Sussex odyssey, having been to Pashley Manor Gardens and now calling in at this very peaceful nurseries and gardens, King John's. A quirky nursery and plant centre, with a delightful cafe and a beautiful garden surrounding the adjacent house. A wild orchard garden, large lawns, canal, woodland garden, statuary…
Continue reading ➞ A Grand Day Out – Part 2 – King John’s Nursery and Gardens, East Sussex
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