Jenny Rose Carey
Dazzling Plants, Design Ideas, and Proven Techniques for Your Shady Garden
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 …
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 …
Seed Starting Options – Indoors or Outdoors The snow is still laying around on the ground and many gardeners – like me – have had enough of it. We are waiting and waiting for it to be time to plant our seeds. I have arranged and re-arranged my seed packets by color and by planting time. It is …
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An English-American Cottage Garden for Today The front cover of Pamela Hubbard’s book that celebrates The Contemporary Cottage Garden. If you have ever wanted to know how to make a difference in the world through your gardening practices look no further than Pamela Hubbard’s book “The …
Learn Six Tips from Jenny Rose Carey about gardening for Winter Interest – With Inspiration from the Winter Garden at Wakehurst. Fragrant flowers – such as this Daphne – enhance the winter garden. Wakehurst – Kew’s Country Garden in Sussex, England There are winter and early spring …
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Colonial Williamsburg represents gardens and gardening in Virginia in the 18th Century. Colonial Williamsburg Duke of Gloucester Street is the main route through Colonial Williamsburg. It is lined by some old houses and others that are restorations. The first time I visited Colonial …
Great Dixter in full flowery profusion. The inviting wooden gate welcomes you down the garden path though the meadow and to the front door of the house. Great Dixter is exactly the type of garden that springs to mind if you say the words, ‘English Garden’. It has that loose cottagey look …
I am so excited to announce the publishing of my new book – The Essential Guide of Bulbs (Timber Press October 14th 2025). It was a joy to write and to take the photographs. I am happy to share a sneak peak here. The book is written for anyone who wants to grow bulbs – even if you have …
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Kelmscott Manor in Oxfordshire – view from the front garden. Kelmscott Manor, the home of William and Jane Morris. Kelmscott Manor – Home of William and Jane Morris Tucked down a little lane in a sleepy village lies a place of pilgrimage for lowers of the Arts and Crafts movement. The …
