Freemantle Triangle Community Garden is a small community garden near the centre of Southampton I sometimes visit when walking with my grandsons who live nearby
Planting Bulbs in Outdoor Containers
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So you love tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths? The list goes on. But maybe
you live in a condo or apartment with only a balcony and no yard. Or
perhaps yo...
Soft Colors, Sweet Mood: GBBD, June 2024
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June, when the early summer display features soft colors of pink, blue and
violet that create a sweet mood, is one of my favorite times in the garden.
The ...
The Garden Tourist’s Mid-Atlantic
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The cover of The Garden Tourist’s Mid-Atlantic by Jana Milbocker features
the Historic Rose Garden at Hershey Gardens in Hershey, Pennsylvania, a
garden I ...
Cloud Pruning A Climbing Rose
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I first saw cloud pruning done at Peninsula Park rose garden in Portland,
Oregon. I went there for a one-day rose pruning course and the person
teaching it...
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My new You Tube Channel contains eleven video slide presentations of our
various garden collections.
The most recent is #one of two regarding our Orien...
How to Plant a Cactus In a Pot
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Have you ever seen the beauty of cactuses showcased in containers? Adding a
cactus to a container helps to set it apart from the rest of the landscape
an...
Matoa at Desa Seri Iskandar
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This matoa tree has a story of its own. We joined a group tour to Batam
Island way back in 2015. Over a lunch there we were served with matoa
fruits as de...
The Monarch: Long-Distance Pupation
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The migration of the monarch butterfly is a well-known natural annual
occurrence in North America. In the fall, hundreds of thousands of monarchs
wing the...
Songbirds of 2017 ~ Wood Warblers
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I so look forward to the return of wood warblers to our gardens and fields
and forest! I have a few featured from 2017 on my latest post over on my Garden
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Finally made a start on putting all of this stuff in one place; I’ve just
finished scanning in Mum’s life story, as told in 2007. The plan is to scan
in ou...
Planning a Mix of Perennials and Bulbs
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Roots, Bulbs, Corms, Rhizomes or Tubers: just think of flower bulbs, just
as other plants that you choose to add to your garden. What is the purpose
or pu...
For future reference, see Awkward Hill
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I moved from Wandsworth, in south-west London, in November 2012, and I now
live in the Cotswolds. You can read about my garden there at
Tales from Awkward H...
Geffrye Museum Garden (click on picture to view website)
Pebbles hiding
My favourite gardens
Cemetery garden in Alverstoke
Favourite Gardening Books
3000 Mile Garden by Roger Phillips and Lesley Land
All of Marjorie Fish's books
All of Christopher Lloyd's books - 'The Well Tempered Garden', 'Christopher Lloyds Garden Flowers', Dear Friend & Gardener: Letters on Life and Gardening ' etc
Grow Your Own Veg - Carol Klein
Jekka's Complete Herb Book - Jekka McVicar
My favourite gardens
East Lambrook Manor (click on picture to view website)
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