Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
An afternoon in town and my first chance to visit the new Petersham Nurseries store in the heart of Covent Garden - lifestyle destination, plant emporium, delicatessen, florist and wine cellar. Completely familiar to someone so familiar with their Richmond home - so elegant and polished and with wood floors in place of the usual…
Continue reading ➞ May I present Petersham Nurseries, Covent Garden …
Puddles, Dahlias, among many more colourful floral delights, cats and sparkly things ... everything you might expect from Petersham Nurseries - and you can enjoy of all of these things (cats excepted) from tomorrow when they open in Covent Garden tomorrow (King Street/Floral Street). Can't wait to see the new store myself next week. Business…
My esteemed colleagues from Petersham Nurseries, Noriko and Deborah from the Green Team and Andrea from Visual Merchandising (green) - joined me - and drove yesterday together for a couple of hours up (and down) the M40/M6/M42/M54 to David Austin HQ and their impressive 2-acre rose gardens in Albrighton, Shropshire to see how they…
Continue reading ➞ David Austin Roses HQ at Albrighton – a study trip from Petersham Nurseries
A kaleidoscope of perennials, with all manner of colourful stuff doing it's thing, plenty of Echinacea, Salvias and Dahlias and much more besides - of course a rose or two. Bright bold and beautiful summer characters, whatever your garden style. I love this little fellow on the Monarda, especially
No captions this time - far too hot to be bothering with detail like that I'd say - but a few images from a post-lunch ten minute trot through the Nurseries, the Cutting Garden and plant benches. All quite colourful I think you'll agree (and of course, I can take a lot of pictures in…
Petersham Nurseries Richmond are looking for a Florist/Gardener with a wealth of experience, a creative eye and excellent time management skills to cover maternity leave. The role will be on a full-time basis (Tues – Sat). Full time floristry for restaurant, teahouse, and private events and responsible for the horticultural maintenance and upkeep of the…
Continue reading ➞ Position Vacant – Florist/Gardener at Petersham Nurseries
A snapshot from Petersham Nurseries this week ....
A little blur of a tour of the Nurseries on a fine May day - stuffed full of plants inside and out and a day of bright welcome sunshine too. Captions and plant names to follow - rush rush!
A few images from a day at the Nurseries. I've been tweeting and instagramming over the past few days and posted a couple of videos too - they'll be easy to find from the links on my blog - featuring amongst other things, this vibrant Cutting Garden. They will give you an overview of this…
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