The weather has been rather disappointing so far this year, rather a lot of rain, wind and not enough sunshine. I have had bad germination rates early on in the season and then when my garden was looking at its very best in early June, wild stormy weather snapped stems off my Cirsium rivulare ‘Atropurpurem’,…
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June – garden notes
keeping busy in June
The Grove Hotel – Watford
Horticultural excellence…
The biennial: Lunaria annua
With its beautiful yet confusing name, honesty is sometimes overlooked as common and dull. However it is a fantastic value plant with long lasting vibrant purple flowers in May followed by papery moon-like seed heads for winter displays in the home. In my garden it self seeds and contrasts beautifully in May with lemon yellow flowers…
Composting – Part II
I understand this won’t be for everyone however if you have herbivore pets then composting will take care of itself. Manure from plant eating animals acts as an ‘activator’ for the composting process. The nitrogen in the manure / droppings enriches the bin with millions bacteria, these feed on the woody material in the bin and…
Dogwoods in the garden
I dare you to cut back your dogwoods…
Garden design & the landscape
Designing gardens for sculpture, designing gardens for the landscape beyond
Tulipa purissima
early spring flowers…
Working with No. 21 Shepton Mallet
Gardens, conservatories, sculpture…
My January garden
How many flowers do you have in your garden?