Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
An unexpected bit of free time today and lo! A parking space by the Victoria Gate which meant I had to stop - and (first things first) smell the roses. Gertrude Jekyll, Stanwell Perpetual and Madame Isaac Pereire brought High Summer right back on a mostly overcast mid-November day. Soul food. From the Rose Garden,…
A thorough frost yesterday morning, the first of the year in these balmy parts, and the plants were beautifully rimed in ice. Sunshine too - a perfectly bright chill morning cycling to work, through the avenues behind Ham House. I should have had my camera with me - so much more versatility but the iPod…
Continue reading ➞ A touch of frost …
Thug, the grumpy Petersham Cat, is now on Instagram .... follow him and his misanthropic (misancatic too) life @thugthepetershamcat https://www.instagram.com/thugthepetershamcat/ Like he cares!
Just a little seasonal fun for the day before Halloween - an amazing and slightly disturbing (in one or two cases at least) collection of ornamental gourds. These will last for months upon months & decorate the house now right through until summer next year, perhaps longer. Happy Halloween! For those with more traditional tastes,…
Thank you to everyone that came to the workshop yesterday at Petersham Nurseries, where we looked rose care, planting, general maintenance and crucially pruning and I hope our time together and the notes I left with you will be useful. I enjoyed the brief tour through the Cutting Garden and Kitchen Garden though not everybody…
Continue reading ➞ Rose Care, Maintenance and Pruning
A few days at Petersham Nurseries this week and with it, a cycle ride across Teddington Lock in the morning sunshine, ahead of days enjoying a rather fine Indian Summer as Autumn slides into technicolor view - with mist rising from the River Thames and adding a little mystery to Ham Fields While the cycle…
Great Comp Garden Autumn Extravaganza A trip out to Kent today, to these RHS Partner Gardens near Sevenoaks. Their Autumn Extravaganza hosted a collection of plant nurseries and other artisan purveyors, on their immaculate lawns and in a Marquee right outside their back door. Well, that was the reason to visit today though these gardens…
Continue reading ➞ Great Comp Garden Autumn Extravaganza
A trip up to town today to visit the Frieze Art Fair - being held in a series of vast marquees (more than tents, these are buildings!) within Regent's Park - and to see the floral installations created by the very talented team at Petersham Nurseries (and have lunch, let's not forget a very excellent…
Continue reading ➞ Frieze Art Fair, Regent’s Park and Petersham Nurseries in Residence
The Glasshouse at RHS Wisley I think in blogging circles, this day of the week is known as Wordless Wednesday. Well, so much for that! By way of the briefest explanations, the galleries, above and below, are filled with images from my visit last week to RHS Wisley - but since the weather then and…
The Teddington Gardener 