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Through the seasons in the British countryside and gardens, with country writers and poets.

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Welcome to this blog. Thank you for visiting. If you’re new please make yourself at home and look around.The cover photo is of our local Highdown Gardens in West Sussex.

— Richard

 

 

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The photos I have used on this site are mainly my own or those of Carol Mullineux and Matthew Sutton to whom I am grateful. For the other photos and quotes, I have tried, wherever possible, to give the relevant credits and references. Please do not copy the photos or text on this site without permission from me. Thank you. -- Richard Sutton

Category: In the Garden

February’s Early 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.

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By Richard Suttonin Blog Posts, In the Garden, Most Popular Posts, Season's NotesFebruary 17, 2022June 15, 2022648 Words11 Comments

Creating a Wildlife Pond

pond reflections

We are told water is the most effective way to attract wildlife into your garden. Like many others I have been creating a new wildlife pond.

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By Richard Suttonin Blog Posts, In the Garden, Most Popular PostsJuly 16, 2021October 4, 2022757 Words6 Comments

The Scented Summer Garden

Flower garden with roses

Scent as well as colour is one of the essential elements of a summer garden. Its mysterious power affects mood and brings back memories as fragrance wafts, sometimes unexpectedly, catching us delightfully by surprise and reminding us of happy days.

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By Richard Suttonin Blog Posts, In the Garden, Most Popular PostsJuly 1, 2021October 13, 2022744 Words10 Comments

Sissinghurst Garden – where dreams are made

Sissinghurst Geograph Deri James

Sissinghurst ‘was Sleeping Beauty’s Garden: but a garden crying out for rescue’ (Sarah Raven). This unforgettable garden, with its romantic Elizabethan mood, is full of garden dreams in waiting. This is Kent, the ‘Garden of England’.

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By Richard Suttonin Blog Posts, In the Garden, Most Popular Posts, Places of InterestJune 10, 2021July 5, 2021794 Words7 Comments

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