Six cottage garden thoughts on Saturday November 24th 2018
A few small additions can bring more wildlife into your garden
Six reasons to be contented with the garden right now – November 10th 2018
As autumn moves on we can find various little things in the garden to enjoy and be thankful for
Six splashes of colour in the sunshine – Saturday October 20th 2018
Six simple photos taken in the October sunshine in our London cottage garden
Snapshots of the garden – six on Saturday October 6th 2018
This week has been so sunny and gorgeous I had lots of things I could show you and have lots of lovely photos of autumn sunshine. Here are Six.
A little touch of colour in the garden – September
Small spots of late summer colour amongst the green making them all the more treasured
In our London Cottage Garden what happens when……
……… You cut a massive decades-old white wisteria down to the ground because it was strangling the house and covering all the windows? Well, undeterred it puts on a surge of growth and creates a sprawling bush at ground level before climbing up the house again. Moral – if I don’t want something to grow
Tom Stuart-Smith’s new garden at Middleton Lodge Hotel Richmond, Yorkshire
Here are some photos from my recent visit to the new walled garden designed by Tom Stuart-Smith for Middleton Lodge Hotel near Richmond in Yorkshire.
Cottage garden survivors and sacrifices – Six on Saturday July 7th 2018
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
Compromises in a town cottage garden – Six on Saturday June 23rd
Six small samples of having to accept things as they are when you have a small garden
Resilient plants desperate to grow – Six on Saturday June 1st
What can we learn from the resilience of 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
Cottage garden planting – quotes, ideas, and something to think about
Frank Ronan in the Dixter Handbook of Pruning says that successful pruning is a result of close observation, applied intelligence and luck. We learn by our mistakes and each time we kill something it will be a different error each time. Good to know. Adam Frost says the secret of a good garden is muck,
Cottage garden tulips – Six on Saturday 5th May 2018
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.