In our July cottage garden, summer flowers in pots are coming to their best now, despite our present drought. I also take a look at ‘No Dig’ gardening.
Continue reading “July’s Cottage Garden Gallery”July’s Cottage Garden Gallery
Category: In the Garden
Gertrude Jekyll’s Garden
The name Gertrude Jekyll has been a huge influence on gardens of today. To understand her importance you need to see Munstead Wood, her garden. Watch this 3minute video.
Continue reading “Gertrude Jekyll’s Garden”April’s Spring Garden
Spring’s ‘proud pied April, dressed in all his trim,’ is putting a ‘spirit of youth in everything’. Clothed in the white ‘vestments’ of Easter it heralds a season of hope for a sad and suffering world.
Continue reading “April’s Spring Garden”February’s Early Spring Garden
My February Spring Dawn daffodils herald the slow, cautious approach of spring full of pauses and hesitation, but the onward progress of an irresistible change has begun.
Continue reading “February’s Early Spring Garden”
A Listening Heart 