Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
Working in my Roehampton Garden today, and in hindsight, I ought to have started at 6am rather than 10am as the mercury began to rise to what, 30°C, more? In any event, a good few hours and some definition brought back to one of the borders, the semi-circular one, which had morphed into a rather…
Continue reading ➞ Hot, Hot, Hot…
A few pictures from yesterday and today, two gloriously sunny days at Petersham Nurseries. Just lovely.
Another cheat, just a gallery this time, though there are thirty pictures here so I can't be excused of short-changing you, just that the commentary is a little thin...
Rather a cheat, this, a gallery of the Rose Marquee exhibits, but time is short and I will lay claim to the 'if a picture paints a thousand words' argument and leave you with twenty four thousand of them... I would make a mention of the Historic Roses Group, who were once again exhibiting (and…
Continue reading ➞ Roses all the way at Hampton Court Flower Show
Vestra Wealth's Garden (above) http://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-hampton-court-palace-flower-show/exhibitors/Hampton-gardens/vestra-wealths-vista This is a smart, modern garden for a contemporary home. Various levels and layers of planting and hard landscaping surround a dining terrace with a cantilevered cedar table. Gabions are surrounded by copper and packed with split timber, which helps to encourage wildlife. Clipped box lawns are used as alternatives to…
Continue reading ➞ RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show – my favourite Show Gardens
Halo Garden (above) http://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-hampton-court-palace-flower-show/exhibitors/Hampton-gardens/halo Halo is a Mediterranean-style garden based on the idea of a traditional Greek island. The garden has been created on a budget of £13,000. Typical Greek features include white boat sails, a blue halo as a modern interpretation of the traditional Greek Orthodox Church dome and Mediterranean planting, together with traditional paths and…
Continue reading ➞ RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show – more from the Show Gardens (Part II)
There are Old Roses and there are Classic Old Roses and this beauty has to be in the top echelons of rose society. Rich deep colour, velvety blooms and a complex Old Rose fragrance combine to make this absolutely one of my favourites. Treated as a tall, rather lanky shrub, or a short climber, Souvenir…
above, elements from the Jordans Wildlife Garden http://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-hampton-court-palace-flower-show/exhibitors/Hampton-gardens/jordans-wildlife-garden This garden has been developed to encourage visitors to bring a little bit of the British countryside into their gardens. Inspired by the Hampton Court maze, meadow paths curve through layers of soft naturalistic planting and into a central terrace with a calm, reflective pool. Taller planting…
Continue reading ➞ RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show – a look at The Show Gardens…. Part I
The Conceptual Gardens, a category unique to this Flower Show. All the gardens represent one of the Deadly Sins. Above, Wrath - Eruption of Unhealed Anger, by designer Nilufer Danis. A Gold Medal exhibit. http://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-hampton-court-palace-flower-show/exhibitors/Hampton-gardens/eruption-of-unhealed-anger The theme of this garden is wrath or anger. The design depicts uncontrolled feelings of anger as emotional pressure, self-destructiveness,…
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