Gardening Quote "Let's accept random seeding, let's tolerate small flowers like grace-notes decorating the paving. Not always, but sometimes." Dear Gardening Friends, One of the reasons that I am always drawn to old gardens is that they have a gentle, relaxed, lived-in look. Plants have …
The Wild Garden
Gardeners have been debating what is meant by the term ‘wild garden’ ever since William Robinson published his influential book titled The Wild Garden in 1870. Maybe gardeners were pondering it before then but Robinson’s book opened the floodgates of dissent. The opposing faction was led …
Ladew Topiary Gardens, Monkton, Maryland
The gardening world is firmly divided over the question of topiary. Should you prune a tree or shrub into a shape to resemble another object or shape, or should you leave the pruning shears safely in the shed? This type of garden decoration has gone in and out of fashion many times in gardening …
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RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2014
At the RHS Chelsea Flower Show - a 'selfie' taken as a reflection in the in the polished steel garden arches of the "Positively Stoke-on-Trent" exhibit. To the right is a Moorcroft Pottery sphere featuring images of plants in the show garden. Great …
Open Gardens at Northview
We hold open garden afternoons. Dates and times will be posted on this website. Subscribe to this blog and you will get notifications of the garden days. Please email us for further information - BeforeYouGarden(at)gmail(dot)com …
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013
Spectacular display of lupins at the Chelsea Flower Show It is always so exciting to walk into the huge tent full of plant vendors. Everything from spring daffodils to foxgloves, herbs, roses, vegetables, trees and even this stand just of lupins. It makes you drool. I am like a kid in candy store …
