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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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    Lovely colourful touches in the garden this week.

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - November 20th, 2019

    Colour in the garden, small garden ideas, Winter gardening

    There are many ways to have autumn colours in your garden at this late time of the year. Furniture, shrubs, leaves, decorations and plants like grasses give a burst of colour going into the winter.

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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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    Six signs of life in the garden on 26th Jan 2019

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - January 26th, 2019

    cottage garden plants, Spring gardening, Winter gardening

    Here are Six Signs of Life in my garden and Chelsea Physic Garden this week. Six plants providing scent, colour, food for wildlife or bursting into bud ready for the Spring

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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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    A new year in my cottage garden

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - January 14th, 2017

    Spring gardening, Winter gardening

    One thing I love about a garden is that you can leave it alone.  It won’t sit there doing nothing till you return to it, reproachful, arms crossed, waiting.  It just gets on with what it was going to do anyway – growing . OK so everything will carry on growing – things you don’t

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    Lovely snow. Lovely snow.
    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
    Get colour in your garden any way you can. ! New Get colour in your garden any way you can. !  New blog about winter colour - see link in bio #cottagegarden #londongarden #citygarden
    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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