Every year the Chiltern Seeds catalogue plops through my door and exhorts me to “Grow something new from seed”. Being […]
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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 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 […]
Friday Flora – Parrotia persica
I’m not very good at trees. As most of my horticultural career has focused on container planting I have limited experience […]
Friday Flora – Cow Parsley and Salt
In recent weeks I’ve been driving about with my mouth open. The hedgerows have been fantastic, overflowing with cow parsley […]
A garden full of sculptures for Oxfordshire Artweek
On Bank Holiday Monday Chris and I went to the last day of “Sculpture at Kingham Lodge” in the nearby […]
Friday Flora – Hyacinthoides non-scripta
There are bluebell woods dotted all around the Cotswolds, and as you drive about it is hard not to be […]
Take me to church
The weather has been glorious as summer drains away and though my camera and I have been busy I’ve been a […]
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