Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
Having spent rather a lot of time indoors these past few days, (understandably I wasn't outside very much with the outdoor plants at Petersham Nurseries, what with it being Arctic here in the UK). Well I don't feel too hard done by - The Garden Shop is a beautiful, colourful and fragrant space full of…
Continue reading ➞ A Garden Shop …. (with updated gallery)
Just a little gallery ...
Happy New Year folks! And to start us off, a little tour from Petersham Nurseries. I shall be talking a trip out next week - Wisley perhaps, or a guded tour at Kew over their Snowdrop Collection - or somewhere else indeed - but all my days this year so far have been at the…
Continue reading ➞ A New Year at Petersham Nurseries
Almost a perfect mirror, crossing by Teddington Lock this morning. Had to stop and take a picture though Important Business going on at Petersham Nurseries with the arrival of the Christmas trees. They were packed up for us in Warwickshire at about 5am to get to us in time for opening. Busy Busy. But first…
Continue reading ➞ A frosty morning at Petersham Nurseries – and the Christmas Trees arrive …
Christmas spirit is seeping into the Nurseries and I have already been buying decorations and gifts. Autumn seems to be clinging on after a series of bright warm days, though it's chill at night and first thing and of course, the clocks went back on Sunday night so it is dark by 5.30pm, so I…
Continue reading ➞ Halloween? Christmas? Where has the year gone…?
My very talented colleagues Amanda Brame and Noriko Choy worked for two days to create the floral displays for a party this past week and I took rather a lot of photographs of their work and works. The pieces - table decorations and large centre-pieces - had to contain sunflowers, make a stunning autumnal display…
Continue reading ➞ Autumn floristry. Intensity dialled up …
Dahlias have rather been enjoying these warm, wet weeks and have continued to perform extravagantly in the Cutting Garden at Petersham Nurseries. A rich soil and the care and attention of Rosie Bines and her team have obviously been key - plus they have been regularly harvested so that new blooms just keep coming. Here…
Continue reading ➞ Autumn Magic – Dahlias
A little tour, through a macro lens, of the Nurseries where I work. A sun-warmed, blue-sky-afternoon, a kaleidoscope of colour and texture, fragrance too, and within the glasshouses, a world of tropical stars, adapting to our northern climes, and desert denizens hoping for a regime of benign neglect. Sparkle and glamour in Glasshouse One (of…
Continue reading ➞ A little tour of Petersham Nurseries on a fine October day …
I just couldn't resist - this beautiful Kalanchoe thrysiflora - and I have photographed just one plant - gave me the opportunity to take rather a lot of photographs today (in my lunch break I would say) and although I have wittled down the greater number of original shots, there remain quite a few. I…
Continue reading ➞ A little Kalanchoe Magic, Georgia O’Keeffe in mind ….
The Teddington Gardener 