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    Small tulips for pots in the cottage garden style

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - December 1st, 2020

    Autumn cottage garden, Pots and containers, small garden ideas, Spring bulbs

    Species tulips are tiny and perfect for pots in the cottage garden style for people who don’t have space for pots of big tulip bulbs.

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    How to have colour in the winter cottage garden

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - November 12th, 2020

    Autumn cottage garden, Autumn gardening, Colour in the garden, cottage garden plants, Pots and containers, Winter cottage garden

    We have to look out onto our cottage gardens in the winter too so here are some pics of how I get splashes of colour to avoid it looking too bleak.

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    How to use colour in the cottage garden style

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - June 4th, 2020

    Colour in the garden, cottage garden plants, Pots and containers

    My garden is 95% green planting and I get colour from pots and furniture – I don’t have the big blowsy flowers that would fill the borders full of colour. Maybe you don’t either. All is not lost.

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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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    Cottage garden daffodils – my favourites

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - February 26th, 2020

    Pots and containers, Spring bulbs, Spring gardening

    Here are lessons I’ve learned about how best to grow daffodils in a small cottage garden – which varieties look right and how lovely they look in pots.

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    September cottage garden plants – What’s looking lovely right now

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - September 17th, 2019

    Autumn gardening, cottage garden plants, Pots and containers

    In the low September sunshine some plants shine out more than others. Here are the loveliest in my garden right now.

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    If you get a chance to be on TV –

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - August 25th, 2019

    Pots and containers, small garden ideas, Style, what is a garden for?

    I was lucky to be invited onto live TV to talk about colour in the garden and how gardening is all about sharing.

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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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    Six splashes of colour in the sunshine – Saturday October 20th 2018

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - October 21st, 2018

    Pots and containers, Six on Saturday, Style, Wildlife gardening

    Six simple photos taken in the October sunshine in our London cottage garden

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    Cottage garden survivors and sacrifices – Six on Saturday July 7th 2018

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - July 7th, 2018

    Pots and containers, Style, Wildlife gardening

    In this weather I’ve had to sacrifice the look of some plants to protect them and I have some plants that are surviving quite well.  I’ll show you both. Re: watering, I give pots a gallon or two each every few days and I don’t water the rest of the garden. I’ve cut to the

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    Resilient plants desperate to grow

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - June 2nd, 2018

    Pots and containers, small garden ideas, town gardens

    What can we learn from resilient plants and their ability to flourish against the odds? Walking from Sloane Square to Chelsea Physic Garden once a week I walk past many town houses with window boxes and basement areas of paving below their front door.  I’ve noticed how plants in pots 10ft or more below pavement

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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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    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

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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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