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    Cottage garden seating for all gardeners.

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - April 11th, 2020

    garden furniture, small garden ideas, what is a garden for?

    In my small garden I have light colourful folding chairs here and there so I can sit where I like anytime of year.

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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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    Scented shrubs in your garden right now- plant soon for next year

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - January 19th, 2020

    small garden ideas, what is a garden for?, Winter gardening

    I’m lucky to have fabulous scent in my front garden right now because I’ve planted shrubs which flower now, when days are dark and colour is scarce. Here are some suggestions for you.

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    Feeding your garden birds

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - January 4th, 2020

    Spring gardening, what is a garden for?, Wildlife gardening

    Please think about feeding your garden birds this year. Once you hang up a birdfeeder you will be amazed how quickly word gets out and they come to feed on and off all day every day. I buy the feeders and the bird food from RSPB shop. Different birdfeeders This feeder below is for suet

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    Allotment life – fantasy and reality

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - October 20th, 2019

    Autumn gardening, what is a garden for?, Winter gardening

    My enthusiasm at getting an allotment didn’t translate into any hard work to keep on top of the bindweed and couch grass. The potatoes tasted nice though.

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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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    BBC ONE Sunday Morning Live – 18th August – I’ll be on TV!

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - August 17th, 2019

    small garden ideas, Style, what is a garden for?, Wildlife gardening

    BBC One asked me to take part in a gardening section of their programme Sunday Morning Live on Sunday 18th August 2019. It was all very exciting and great fun.

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    What is a garden for? Further thoughts.

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - June 18th, 2019

    small garden ideas, Summer gardening, what is a garden for?

    I often think about what a garden is for. In this third blog I suggest that having an outdoor space to think about, daydream about and be out in is a great distraction from harsh reality, worries and niggles.

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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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    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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    This is what happens when you let adults play with This is what happens when you let adults play with snow #highgatewood 🙄
    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
    Strongly scented soap grated is supposed to stop s Strongly scented soap grated is supposed to stop squirrels taking tulip bulbs. Hmmmm we shall see #tulips
    Some tulips are apricot size and some species tuli Some tulips are apricot size and some species tulips are grape size. #speciestulips #blomsbulbs
    Treat yourself or a gardener friend to these wonde Treat yourself or a gardener friend to these wonderful bronze trowels from Implementations.co.uk #cottagegarden #gardentools #gardentrowel
    Species tulips are the size of a grape compared to Species tulips are the size of a grape compared to usual tulips so good for small pots and small gardens #cottagegarden #tulips #blomsbulbs
    This epimedium in a @whichfordpottery pot looks go This epimedium in a @whichfordpottery pot looks good all year. Such a great plant #evergreenplants #cottagegardenstyle #terracottapots
    Cosy bed for our timid stray Mr Grey Cat and him h Cosy bed for our timid stray Mr Grey Cat and him having his breakfast #straycat #greycat
    This stray fellow comes for his meals and now he’s sleeping in a comfy bed in our shed #straycat #mrgreycat
    This one tiny flower fills the garden with the sce This one tiny flower fills the garden with the scent of honeysuckle #winterhoneysuckle #lonicerafragrantissima #scentedshrubs #wintershrubs #cottagegarden
    These leaves I’m collecting are ALSO the colour These leaves I’m collecting are ALSO the colour of my hair! #niceneasy
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    This magnificent conifer in Regent’s Park is sor This magnificent conifer in Regent’s Park is sort of the same colour as my hair! Vain? Fickle? Shallow? #autumncolour #niceneasy
    I like to leave this blanket of fallen leaves on t I like to leave this blanket of fallen leaves on the border as a bed for bugs #autumnleaves #leavetheleavesalone
    Better a red watering can than a green one I think Better a red watering can than a green one I think. #cottagegarden #colourinthegarden
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