Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
Hamamelis x intermedia Vesna Happily, Kew Gardens are a short distance from Teddington HQ (too) and as long as there is a parking space close to the Victoria Gate entrance, there is no excuse for me not to stop off and take a look inside. Sometimes this is just a short stop, perhaps less than…
I'm fortunate that the vast array of garden landscapes at RHS Wisley in Surrey are a short drive from Teddington HQ and that I can be as frequent a visitor as I am, without ever, ever being bored - there is always something, whatever the season, to delight and inspire. This unseasonably mild weather (about…
Welcome to the New Year and here are just a few suggestions to keep you horticulturally active, when the weather permits - this morning was rain rain rain but bright, low sunshine won out this afternoon. I called into the gardens at RHS Wisley (much too wet to work in my garden today) and inspiration there was…
Continue reading ➞ A brief Gardeners’ Calendar – January & February
I'd like to think that all you Good Boys and Girls will soon be tucked into your beds in anticipation for the Big Day tomorrow - and I hope you have friends or family, pets and pot plants to share the coming day with - and to anyone fortunate to be in that Other Hemisphere,…
Continue reading ➞ ‘Twas the Night before Christmas …
These images I've used in my cards this year - taken at Petersham Nurseries last January and, conscious of giving away all of my photographic secrets, had me holding said blooms in one outstretched hand against the painted backdrop of the cupboard that houses all of the electric fuses - and a wobbly camera in…
Continue reading ➞ Snowdrops and Hellebores – Happy Holidays
There may be daffodils blooming merrily away in gardens near here, but these snowdrops seem a tad more festive and season-appropriate for a time when there are just 4 nights until Christmas. I've published them before and did consider using them for my cards this year though I chose something a little more classic -…
Continue reading ➞ Four sleeps ’til Christmas …
More from my Twitter account and once again, just the pictures to look at. It's late and there's another busy day tomorrow .....
A rather blustery day yesterday at the RHS flagship gardens at Wisley and the Glasshouse borders were taking a battering. The Miscanthus outside the Glasshouse, large beds anchored by golden Beech monoliths and circling flat-topped islands of Sarcococca, became a seething maelstrom of dry-gold, sometimes illuminated and back-lit by shafts of sunlight. In moments of…
Continue reading ➞ All at sea with Miscanthus – the Glasshouse Borders at RHS Wisley
A little tour around the fruit garden at RHS Wisley, where all manner of soft fruit are left either au naturel or trained into fans and cordon, tied and regimented into wires and pruned carefully for the maximum harvest and healthiest plants. I've a little reading to do but have picked out the following articles…
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