Jenny Rose Carey
Dazzling Plants, Design Ideas, and Proven Techniques for Your Shady Garden
Jenny Rose Carey at Munstead Wood with purple and pink lupins. Gertrude Jekyll’s amazing garden has just been saved by the National Trust.There is a magical garden nestled in a wood. I dream of it often, and have had the pleasure of visiting it twice. It was the garden of Gertrude Jekyll, one of my …
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I am lucky enough to be able to go to the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show in London every year. I like to distill my thoughts when I return home to see if there were any trends or popular plants. The importance of using water responsibly in gardens was a recurring theme this …
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The Upper Flower Garden at Mount Vernon in SpringMount Vernon was the home and garden of America’s first president, George Washington. It is open to the public and is particularly lovely to visit in the spring with flowering trees such as redbud and dogwood. On my recent visit it was an overcast day …
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View from the terrace at Longbarn on a spring day.The History of Longbarn GardenLongbarn Garden is located in the Weald of Kent near the town of Sevenoaks. It is steeped in twentieth century horticultural history because it was the garden of Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson. They …
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Have you ever wished you could grow flowers from seed? How about poppies and larkspur?What does a seed need for germination?Blue cornflowers are an easy-to -grow flower seed.Direct seed sowing – straight into the gardenI think that one of the reasons that gardeners give up on seed starting is that …
Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson’s Kentish gardenThe view of Vita Sackville-West’s writing tower dominates all corners of the garden.Vita Sackville-West’s Garden at Sissinghurst is a garden that I am very familiar with since it is in the south-east county of Kent in England where I grew up. …
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Some books that I recommend for winter readingAnother year has passed, and many books have been read here at Northview. Despite my family members occasionally muttering, ‘do you think that you have enough gardening books now?’, I continue to buy, collect (some might say hoard), and read gardening …
American Thanksgiving brings thankfulness to the mindThis is the month that Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday. Has your garden made you happy or joyful this year? Learn what I am thankful for and then compile your own list.Please let me know what you are thankful for this …
A catbird watching me as I garden in the Herb Garden – waiting to eat the raspberries nearby."No One Can Garden Alone"Quote by Elizabeth LawrenceThere is a lovely gardening quote by one of my gardening heroines, Elizabeth Lawrence. She says in the preface of ‘The Little Bulbs’ – "No one can garden …
Yay! Bright PinkBright pink garden accessories at the Chelsea Flower ShowIf you have read this email a few times you will probably have seen that I like bright pink. The good news is that the world is catching up with me. I am happy to report that pink is everywhere. It makes me so happy. …
