Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
Or rather 'right plant, right place' - even in these extreme environments, many plants are thriving I had the good fortune of visiting Mount Teide on Tenerife recently - the cone of the volcano rising to become Spain's highest point, set within the high walls of a collapsed caldera. And the sun shone. Not the…
Continue reading ➞ Mount Teide Volcano, Tenerife
I've tried to capture a decent photograph of these beautiful little creatures, and have once or twice, but I thought using a little video might produce better results. Like moths (they do the same job, for the same rewards, though at different times of the day) they are fast moving and camera shy. I don't…
Continue reading ➞ Hummingbirds
I've spent a lot of time on the water these past three weeks - who knew the Atlantic was quite so wide - so I thought it only right to give you a glimpse of a glittering sea, this particular view looking east from Barbados, my final destination. Tenerife is about 3500 miles ahead! The…
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/
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 