Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
A glorious day yesterday at Great Dixter, a Study Day with Fergus Garrett (above) discussing Succession Planting as it applies to these gardens in particular and some advice to take away with us for own own delight and edification. These are extraordinary gardens that continue to delight though their creator, Christopher (Christo) Lloyd died in…
Continue reading ➞ Fergus Garrett at Great Dixter
Nearly time for the annual Wisteria Blossom Show - some, like this example, are almost there - others are just showing plump, silky buds on a bare fretwork of stems, but a few more days of warmth and sunshine and it will be Showtime! A divine few weeks of peppery-scented intense blues, ghostly blues and…
Whichford Pottery - handmade terracotta pots. On my list of Lovely Things. Plus, if I ever return to pottery class, something that I might more usefully pursue (my kitchen cupboards hold testament to my artistic talents, ceramic-wise, after two evening courses... plenty of smallish bowls, useful for olives and dips, hula hoops and peanuts, but…
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If a picture paints a thousand words, there is at least a novella here and so I'll let the photographs do the talking. (These images are 'reverse engineered' from the larger Facebook Album referred to in a recent post - the originals are still hiding in the computer...) These pictures catalogue my September 2011 visit…
Continue reading ➞ Autumn at Great Dixter
I've been trying to find the photographs from my September 2011 visit to Great Dixter, Christopher Lloyd's superb garden in Sussex - but they are clearly misfiled somewhere in the deeper recesses of my computer.... An album of 135 pics is to be found on my Facebook page, with the link below, though this only…
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