The winter garden often looks drab, unloved and uncared for – the blaze of summer and autumn plants has dried and withered leaving a sorry tale of what came before. Most of us abandon the garden in the winter months in favour of the warmth of the fire inside reading books and endless reality TV programmes! Take a look around you – I think you will find that there is plenty going on in the garden, so don’t just sit and wait for the daffodils to appear take a look at what is already brightening up your garden this winter.
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Garden Design | Nothing happening in the winter garden?
January 21st, 2012 No Comments
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Gardening | Corsham Gardeners’ Question Time
July 6th, 2011 No Comments
t is fair to say we had no real idea what to expect or how to go about our first attempt – what sort of questions were we going to be asked? How could we prepare for every eventuality? How many books would we need to help us? How dry could we stay? Would anyone have any questions for us?
Our fears were soon banished as people braved the weather and came forward with their questions. There were plenty for Michelle on growing vegetables and fruit which is really encouraging – particularly as this was a food festival! Although some were rather unexpected – Can you grow Apples & Pears in Bangladesh? I bet the real Gardeners’ Question Time never had a question like that! We reasoned that it was probably too hot and that they should stick to citrus!
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Garden Design | An evening with Dan Hinkley – rocking with laughter!
March 17th, 2011 No Comments
It is perhaps appropriate that tomorrow is Red Nose Day 2011. What better way to get you in the mood than to listen to an American, with a passion for gardening and an almost British sense of humour – his dry wit had clearly missed most of his American audiences but was most definitely not lost on his very english audience tonight.
Though organised by Derry Watkins of Special Plants fame (who was keen to point out that her gardens were now open on Tuesdays) – who is of course american herself, Dan Hinkley drew a large audience to the Bath University Gardening Club to illustrate a talk on two Pacific North West gardens. The climate there seemed pretty similar to Britain with some oddities bought about by its coastal location.
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Gardening | Garden design | Ramblings from the Malvern Spring Show 2010
May 11th, 2010 No Comments
One of my main reasons for visiting as a Garden Designer is to look at the Show Gardens. Malvern isn’t known as a hotbed for innovation particularly but it can provide some neat glimpses at how other designers approach a garden or planting and I particularly enjoyed chatting with Deb Bird about her garden The Nature of Nurture which particularly struck a chord as I learned much of my gardening from my parents and grandparents. Perhaps one of the most interesting ideas though came in the Schools Section, where two gardens featured greenhouses made from recycled plastic bottles.
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Gardening | Garden Design | Help – my Water Feature is frozen!
January 12th, 2010 No Comments
As the UK is plunged in to the deep freezer again this year, many of you will be suffering the effects of the cold in the garden. All those carefully planned borders and features take on an air of serene gracefulness covered in a pure blanket of white. It’s as if the pause button has [...]
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Gardening | Garden Design | Plant spotlight Ligularia dentata ‘Desdemona’
September 2nd, 2009 No Comments
A wonderful mid to late summer flowering perennial is the wonderfully named Ligularia dentata ‘Desdemona’. This is a brightly coloured flower that rises from a dark swathe of deep red undersided toothed leaves. When they catch the sunlight it really brightens up the whole area and best of all attract the bees and insects that are so important in our gardens.
Gardening | Garden Design | Snow pictures
February 17th, 2009 No Comments
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Gardening | Garden Design | Snow & Frost pictures
February 8th, 2009 No Comments
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