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Tag Archives: opening a garden for the NGS
A Summer of Garden Visiting
Over the summer we have managed to visit a number of gardens when we have not been preoccupied with preparations and opening of our own. If we are travelling to another part of the country we will always try to … Continue reading
Done and Dusted (but without the dusting!)
With the final two group visits last week, our 2018 garden openings are over and the house and garden are more or less back to normal routines, as are the Gardener and the Golfer. The most noticeable change, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, open gardens
Tagged National Garden Scheme, opening a garden for the NGS
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The World Cup Effect?
Rather than wait till the three group visits in July are out of the way I thought I would give you a brief update of how the garden openings went. As I had to scoot off to see Elder Daughter … Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday: After the Ball is Over
Clearing up yesterday at the end of our second Open Garden day all I had the time (and energy!) to muster up for today’s vase were a group of the tea table vases, empty plates from the cake display and … Continue reading
Set Fair
It was good to have that little ‘wobble’ last week, and good to be able to record it on the blog, as I can look back next year and confirm that despite the occasional nerves everything will come together in … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, greenhouse, open gardens
Tagged opening a garden for the NGS
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A Nerve or Two
I recently reread posts from this time of year to remind myself how I was feeling in the lead up to garden opening days, but I seemed to have been strangely silent. A lot of the general preparation work had … Continue reading
