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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!
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Friday Fauna – Fledglings
I went a bit viral on Twitter this week. Not for a witty remark or a 240 character piece of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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