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    Daffodils in a small garden – tips on how to grow them.

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - April 30th, 2020

    cottage garden plants, Popular posts, Pots and containers, Spring bulbs

    In a small garden daffodils look great in pots but here is what to do when they are over and you need the pot for other things.

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    Gardening advice for the reluctant gardener

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - April 5th, 2020

    Popular posts, small garden ideas, Spring gardening, what is a garden for?

    I’m often asked by non-gardeners for advice on what to do with the patch outside their back door. Where do you start?

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    What is a garden for?

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - May 8th, 2019

    Popular posts, Spring gardening, what is a garden for?

    In my previous post “What is a garden for?” I suggested that a garden helps us live our lives outside of ourselves, physically and mentally.  You can find that post here. My second idea is simple.  My garden is for looking out onto like watching a slowly changing painting, changing during the day with movement

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    Useful garden plants – Six on Saturday 27-4-19

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - April 27th, 2019

    Popular posts, Six on Saturday, Spring gardening

    With the recent sunshine some of my more useful garden plants have gone quite mad and started spreading and growing and flowering.  I love them and am very happy for them to go as mad as they like. Here they are: One Clematis Montana rubens, possibly the variety Elizabeth or similar which is useful to

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    What is a garden for? Some thoughts.

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - April 13th, 2019

    Popular posts, small garden ideas, what is a garden for?

    I’ve been thinking about what a garden is for and will present one idea in each short blog over the next few weeks. By garden I want to include any space outside your home where something grows.  It could be a window box, balcony, pot by the front door or a garden of any size.

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    In the garden on 21st March 2019

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - March 20th, 2019

    Popular posts, Spring gardening, Wildlife gardening

      In the garden on 21st March 2019. The first time I’ve sat and had a coffee in the garden this year – it’s a milestone and felt a real treat.   These lovely Epimedium flowers only look so nice because I remembered to cut off all the winter foliage in February before the flowers

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    Small town garden – flowers for cutting

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - March 12th, 2019

    Popular posts, Pots and containers, small garden ideas

    I want to grow flowers early in the year to cut for vases indoors. However I don’t have room for a cutting patch.  What to do?  Well last autumn I crammed spring bulbs into 6 big plastic pots.  I’m pleased to say they are coming up and I can cut a few every few days

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    Sixty seven on Saturday February 2nd 2019

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - February 2nd, 2019

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    On my 67th birthday here’s a short story of my gardening life so far – it had a late start………..

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    Spring in my town cottage garden – 20-1-2019

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - January 12th, 2019

    Popular posts, Six on Saturday, Spring gardening, Winter gardening

    Keeping my optimism up and my hope bubbling as I look in the garden for the small things that tell us nature is moving on all the time.

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    Cottage garden tulips

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - May 5th, 2018

    Popular posts, Pots and containers, Spring gardening

    Here are 6 tulips that have done well this year despite the crazy weather. Sadly most are over now so I will buy more late season tulips for next year.

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    “Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance……

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - December 30th, 2017

    Popular posts, Spring gardening, Summer gardening

    My Mum is now 103 years old and still gardening. Here is the story of how she inspired me to enjoy gardening.

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    What can Great Dixter inspire in my London Cottage Garden?

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - June 21st, 2017

    Popular posts, Pots and containers, small garden ideas, Spring gardening

    Lovely photos and some views and ideas from my visit to the world famous garden at Great Dixter in Kent.

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    How to use colour in the cottage garden style

    How to have colour in the cottage garden style town garden without it being too much work for one person to manage.  Well I would…


    Daffodils in a small garden – tips on how to grow them.

    If you have a small garden like a town garden and want to grow daffodils, here are my tips on how best to do it,…


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    Sixty seven on Saturday February 2nd 2019

    It's my 67th birthday today and here is a very short story of my gardening life through six decades. [caption id="attachment_1756" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Mum and…


    Tulips, daffodils and forget-me-nots

    “Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance……

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    Ideas from an Adam Frost Garden School Masterclass

    After attending Adam Frost's September Masterclass,  I wrote in a previous post about his ideas for thinking about designing and using your garden space. Adam’s…




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    Mr Fox just outside the back door finishing up the Mr Fox just outside the back door finishing up the stray cat’s dinner. What a beautiful creature he is.
    Washed the table ready for Spring but careful not Washed the table ready for Spring but careful not to disturb the moss in pic 2. #londoncottagegarden
    Sitting with the door wide open for the first time Sitting with the door wide open for the first time this year. Sun shining. #londoncottagegarden
    Double early supermarket tulips now and 10 days ag Double early supermarket tulips now and 10 days ago.  Aren’t they fab.
    20 mins later. Is it the same one or another one? 20 mins later. Is it the same one or another one? I wish I knew.
    Foxy visits us every evening around 6/6.30. Lovely Foxy visits us every evening around 6/6.30. Lovely creature.
    Double early tulips, scented, in my favourite vase Double early tulips, scented, in my favourite vase. 1930s I think. Earlier? #londoncottagegarden #tulips #vintage
    Miss Popsie Poppit is on the shelf #tortiekitten Miss Popsie Poppit is on the shelf #tortiekitten  #tortiecat
    😳is this the end of my geranium tomentosum ?? H 😳is this the end of my geranium tomentosum ??
Help! #londoncottagegarden #geraniums
    Lovely pattern of snow on our brick path. #londonc Lovely pattern of snow on our brick path. #londoncottagegarden #frontgarden #brickpath
    Set up my table and chair today - ready for my mor Set up my table and chair today - ready for my morning coffee someday soon #londoncottagegarden #cottagegardenstyle #colourinthegarden
    Spot the blurry bee 🐝 on the winter honeysuckle Spot the blurry bee 🐝 on the winter honeysuckle- that’s why the shrub is so vital #bees #wintershrubs #londoncottagegarden
    Just cut back a pot of hakonechloa grass. New shoo Just cut back a pot of hakonechloa grass. New shoots will appear within 2/3 weeks. #grasses #japanesegrass
    Grasses with and now without snow on them. They ar Grasses with and now without snow on them. They aren’t affected at all #grasses #ornamentalgrasses
    Lovely snow. Lovely snow.
    Amazing light in the back garden today #londoncott Amazing light in the back garden today #londoncottagegarden #londongarden #wintersun
    Collecting local leaves for my compost again #leaf Collecting local leaves for my compost again #leafmould #londoncottagegarden #compost #lovelyleaves #organicmatter
    Into my pot of tulips it goes! Eat that and weep y Into my pot of tulips it goes! Eat that and weep you pesky squirrels! #londoncottagegarden #tulips #squirrels
    Garden looks golden today #londoncottagegarden #gr Garden looks golden today #londoncottagegarden #grasses #hakonechloa #japanesegrasses
    Tiny species tulip bulbs from @blomsbulbs perfect Tiny species tulip bulbs from @blomsbulbs perfect for a small pot #tulips #containergardening #cottagegarden
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