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Two Dozen Moments of Pleasure in 2016

Two Dozen Moments of Pleasure in 2016

How rubbish was 2016 for you? According to most media it was filled with death, destruction and awful politics. Well, […]

December 29, 2016 12 5

24 chocolates in one go – a review of 2015

24 chocolates in one go – a review of 2015

Every year I do a pictorial Advent Calendar online – here are the 24 images I’ve been dropping one by […]

December 24, 2015 10 6

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A Parrot’s Nest

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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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