Jenny Rose Carey
Dazzling Plants, Design Ideas, and Proven Techniques for Your Shady Garden
First of all, I have to say that the quote above is less than half of this sentence written by E. A. Bowles in 1914. My editors would have a fit! There is little to no punctuation. When, exactly, do you take a breath? So, is E.A. right, and is August a bad month for flowers in the garden? It …
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Jenny Rose Carey holding a bouquet of flowers including the tassels of amaranths, snapdragons, scabiosa, and Queen Anne’s Lace. Growing Garden Flowers for a September Wedding Reception The invitations have been sent, the tents are ordered, and outfits are being planned. There is excitement …
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Jenny Rose Carey surrounded by roses at the Peter Beales Rose Stand at the 2026 Chelsea Flower Show. Main Show Gardens The Chelsea Flower Show is held in London each May. I visit the show every year to see the latest trends, design ideas, and plants. The Best in Show Garden at the …
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Green Fingers (Green Thumbs) are a Fact Growing plants and making a garden are not mysterious things. They are open to everyone who has a ‘verdant heart’. What a fantastic way of expressing the love of green growing things. Many beginning gardeners think that they do not have green fingers …
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Everything You Can Do In Your Garden This book jumped off the shelf into my hand after a morning of extreme gardening. I was thinking that it would be lovely to have a sit down with a book and a cup of tea. This book entirely fit the bill. I had read it when it first came out, but I …
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Benton End, Suffolk – Former Garden of Cedric Morris – Artist – Gardener The front of the house at Benton End, Suffolk. One of the highlights of my recent English trip was a chance to see the newly created garden at Benton End. Benton End is the former home and garden of Cedric Morris who …
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Pink Flowers are the Best Someone asked me the other day why I love pink. I thought for a moment and the best answer I could come up with was that it makes me happy. It is a cheerful bright color that brings me joy – so I wear it and plant more pink flowers! I thought then that I should share …
What Motivates Me To Garden While reading, I came across this quote above and loved it. Only yesterday, I had said to someone, I love gardens because you collect not only plants, but the people who go along with them. For me, it is a powerful personal driver for gardening. I was flipping …
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Resolve to Garden These prescient words were written by the well-revered 20th Century British garden designer, Sylvia Crowe, in the 1950s in the wake of World War II. The world was “noisy“ then, but maybe not as noisy as it is now. These words remind us that gardens have many functions. We …
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Chicken Grit is Not Just for Chickens If you read plant tags they often say – ‘plant this plant in moist, well-drained soil’. As a beginning gardener I was really confused by this statement. How can the soil be both moist and at the same time well-drained. I figured out that the organic part of …
