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OK, why a parrot’s nest?

OK, why a parrot’s nest?

Make of this what you will. One of my earliest memories is standing in a garden, looking up at towering […]

December 4, 2014 21 12
I’m still here!

I’m still here!

You may possibly have been wondering what’s happened to A Parrot’s Nest, the truth is I’ve been letting it lie […]

March 30, 2018 9 8
Resolving or revolving? Front doors, euro style.

Resolving or revolving? Front doors, euro style.

As we cross the threshold of another year I’m thinking about front doors. Keeping on top of home gardening tasks […]

January 10, 2018 14 5
Books – Roy Lancaster, East Anglia and other locations

Books – Roy Lancaster, East Anglia and other locations

    I usually have several books on the go at once and each one has its place. The Bath […]

December 4, 2017 6 8
Ten Lessons from my Spring Back Door Pots 2016-17

Ten Lessons from my Spring Back Door Pots 2016-17

It’s hard work planting pots for winter and spring.  I dread the work it entails, the heaving about of compost, […]

November 4, 2017 9 7
FridayFlora – Celosia – Flamingo Feathers and Dragon’s Breath

FridayFlora – Celosia – Flamingo Feathers and Dragon’s Breath

Every year the Chiltern Seeds catalogue plops through my door and exhorts me to “Grow something new from seed”. Being […]

July 28, 2017 2 3
Friday Flora – Jolly Hollyhocks, Alcea rosea

Friday Flora – Jolly Hollyhocks, Alcea rosea

I love plants which self seed. It’s like inviting Mrs Serendipity to your garden. Self-seeding is not for those who […]

July 21, 2017 8 4
Friday Fauna – Fledglings

Friday Fauna – Fledglings

I went a bit viral on Twitter this week. Not for a witty remark or a 240 character piece of […]

July 14, 2017 16 3
Friday Flora – Papaver rhoeas, the field poppy

Friday Flora – Papaver rhoeas, the field poppy

I have been doing a lot of gardening recently.  Gardening is normally pretty high on the agenda but in June […]

June 23, 2017 8 3
Taking a rain check at Chatsworth

Taking a rain check at Chatsworth

Press days at RHS flower shows are always a mixed bag for me. I am inspired and enthused by torrents […]

June 7, 2017 12 7
Wakehurst – walking on a bluebell planet

Wakehurst – walking on a bluebell planet

I’ve known Ed Ikin, head of Landscape and Horticulture for Kew’s country place at Wakehurst, for years in a virtual kind […]

May 11, 2017 3 4

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harrietrycroft

harrietrycroft

Ex-Head Gardener at Whichford Pottery, now free range gardener, speaker, writer. Gardening is my focus, but I may stray into natural history, rural matters, travel, art... We'll see!

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Cakey cakey! The Begonia 'Apricot Shades' petals are tasty too.
Cakey cakey! The Begonia ‘Apricot Shades’ petals are tasty too.
Cosmos 'Cupcakes'. The bees like this one too.
Cosmos ‘Cupcakes’. The bees like this one too.
Escholzia 'Copper Swirls'
Escholzia ‘Copper Swirls’
T&M's show garden at Jimmy's Farm
T&M’s show garden at Jimmy’s Farm
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Cheadle Hulme chilling. NB Owl and Pussycat at bottom left of photo
Cheadle Hulme chilling. NB Owl and Pussycat at bottom left of photo
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Day of the Dahlia
Day of the Dahlia
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Kamares ware, 1800-1700 BC. Heraklion Archaeological Museum
Kamares ware, 1800-1700 BC. Heraklion Archaeological Museum
Victorian Violas
Victorian Violas
Yewbiquitous. Lurking in the Rich Brothers' Cloudy Bay Garden
Yewbiquitous. Lurking in the Rich Brothers’ Cloudy Bay Garden
Meconopsis 'Barney's Blue' on the Harperley Hall stand
Meconopsis ‘Barney’s Blue’ on the Harperley Hall stand
Floral headdress by Okishima and Simmonds at the Hillier stand. Perhaps I should concoct something similar.
Floral headdress by Okishima and Simmonds at the Hillier stand. Perhaps I should concoct something similar.
Their smiles never faltered. Give them a medal!
Their smiles never faltered. Give them a medal!
Stomping on Adam Frost's garden.
Stomping on Adam Frost’s garden.
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In the Pyrenees - no serious botanising for me, unfortunately
In the Pyrenees – no serious botanising for me, unfortunately
In the alpine house at RHS Wisley
In the alpine house at RHS Wisley
Spring plantings at Whichford Pottery
Spring plantings at Whichford Pottery
Early summer explosions at Rousham
Early summer explosions at Rousham
Smart greenhouse and enviable coldframes
Smart greenhouse and enviable coldframes
Into the kitchen garden
Into the kitchen garden
The way through the massive yew hedge
The way through the massive yew hedge
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Gladiator dying of boredom. Somebody give him a book!
Gladiator dying of boredom. Somebody give him a book!
Cosmos 'Sweet Sixteen' Sow Cosmos and you'll hardly have time to make a cup of tea before they germinate.
Cosmos ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Sow Cosmos and you’ll hardly have time to make a cup of tea before they germinate.
Shreds of habitat - too many are being tidied away. Barn owls like tussocky grass because voles do too.
Shreds of habitat – too many are being tidied away. Barn owls like tussocky grass because voles do too.
Burnet moth on knapweed/Zygaena filipendulae on Centaurea nigra
Burnet moth on knapweed/Zygaena filipendulae on Centaurea nigra
The Walled Nursery
The Walled Nursery
My beloved
My beloved
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Bruce Munro installation at Waddesdon
Statues at Waddesdon wrapped up for winter
Statues at Waddesdon wrapped up for winter
Ridge and furrow in the Cotswolds
Ridge and furrow in the Cotswolds. At its best in winter light.
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With my mother, who seems to be examining a rotten branch
With my mother, who seems to be examining a rotten branch
Tin chapel
Tin chapel
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Macaws, noisy and hilarious, but maybe not ideal house pets
Macaws, noisy and hilarious, but maybe not ideal house pets
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