End of month view: February 2015
The Long Shady Border from the back After the Long Shady Border was covered in snow at the end of January, this is the first viewing of how it is looking at the end of winter, and my thoughts on …
Sheffield Botanical Gardens: national plant collection of Sarcococca
S. confusa flowers and berries Friends of the Botanical Gardens Sheffield gave a talk on Sarcococca a couple of weeks ago. Here are a few notes from my slightly delayed write up. Sheffield holds the national collection of Sarcococca (Plant …
Gardening with ME: gardening in your head
Sometimes I garden in my head. There are times when I simply have no energy to garden. I don’t mean no energy for a few days. I mean no energy for weeks. Throughout January and into February I was unable …
Garden visit: Colesbourne Park snowdrops
It’s snowdrop time and this year Kevin and I visited the snowdrops Colesbourne Park in Gloucestershire, with our friends Kate & J-P. We were blessed with beautiful weather, and Colesbourne has a great collection with labels that enables you to get up …
End of month view: January 2015
Welcome to the first End of Month View for 2015. I’ve decided that this year, rather than discussing the whole garden each month as I did in 2014, I’m going to focus solely on the Long Shady Border. I feel …
There is more to life than gardening. Just…
It’s not just about gardening here. Ok, it’s mainly about gardening and occasionally something non-gardening related sneaks in; it is ‘and other musings’ after all. This is one of those times. Like many gardeners, I have more strings to my …
Plants for boggy shade
Series 2 of Great British Garden Revival has had many enjoyable episodes, and for me, the most inspiring was the one on last night (21st January) with Joe Swift encouraging us to include a Bog Garden in our gardens. By …
Gardening with ME: planning the kitchen garden year
The dark days of December are over. The light at the end of the tunnel, that is, the ever lengthening days of January and the promise of a new kitchen gardening year, are in reach. Like many gardeners, I suffer …