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Six on Saturday: Sun and Shade

Posted on May 11, 2024 by Cathy

We have had some very pleasant days this week, warm and mostly sunny and never uncomfortably hot, so lots of gardening jobs have been done – perhaps as well, as our open days are suddenly creeping up really quickly.  I … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday, Including Some Lessons

Posted on January 20, 2024 by Cathy

If there is a lesson to be learned about the rose above, ‘Phyllis Bide’, it is not to overlook what is in front of your face. Planted outside the front door a few years ago to replace, on a whim, … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday: When is an Empty Pot Not an Empty Pot?

Posted on November 18, 2023 by Cathy

When it is full of newly-planted bulbs, of course! It has been a most satisfactory day in the garden today, the sort of day typical more of summer than autumn, when numerous tasks have been carried out and crossed off … Continue reading →

Posted in Autumn, borders, Gardening, Gardens, greenhouse, plants in pots, pruning, roses, seasonal tasks, Six on Saturday, snowdrops | 30 Comments

Six on Saturday: Patches, Posts, Pots and Promises

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Cathy

The garden may be in the thrall of autumn, but there is still a fair bit of colour around in patches, with the promise of more to come. Colour is concentrated most in the dahlia beds, where the blooms show … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday: Not Quite a Last Hurrah

Posted on September 13, 2023 by Cathy
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Six on Saturday: Coming Out

Posted on August 19, 2023 by Cathy

Once our June garden openings were over and a brief period of relaxation was out of the way, thoughts began to turn to changes or things I felt could be improved. As the season progressed, and the garden began to … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday: Some Roses

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Cathy

Left to right, top to bottom: Olivia Rose Austin, Susan Williams-Ellis, Munstead Wood Desdemona, Roald Dahl, Gertrude Jekyll Thomas à Becket, Strawberry Hill, Wollerton Old Hall Tottering-by-Gently, Princess Alexandra, Darcey Bussell Crown Princess Margarita, Lady Emma Hamilton, Claire Austin

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In a Vase on Monday: Thumbelina

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Cathy

The centrepiece of today’s vase is Rosa ‘Cécile Brunner’, the rose I showed on Saturday, clambering over the roof of the sheds. It is always described as having ‘thimble’ sized buds, which seems barely credible when you see the full-size … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday: Good Grief!

Posted on November 12, 2022 by Cathy

Never in a million years would I expect to see a plump bud on a herbaceous poppy almost halfway through November! Usually flowering in early June, this poppy then dies down disgracefully before producing fresh foliage later in the year, … Continue reading →

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In Vase on Monday: Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness…and Spiders!

Posted on September 12, 2022 by Cathy

For many of us, the opening lines of Keats’ poem ‘Ode to Autumn’ are immediately brought to mind when autumnal colours become prevalent in our gardens and seasonal low-lying mists begin to hang over river valleys and other hollows. One … Continue reading →

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