Despite being one of the wettest July’s on record it hardly rained at all for our visit to Bourton House near Moreton-in-Marsh! Club members and guests as always came prepared and determined to enjoy the visit whatever the weather. Although it’s a fairly compact garden the borders were packed with wonderful planting. The hot colours […]
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Despite the torrential rain, odd flashes of lightning and rumbles of thunder nearly all those booked on our first “summer” trip of the year braved the elements. After a slightly soggy sit down for tea and cake, in the hope conditions would improve, we set off around the beautiful grounds of Broughton Grange. It is […]
Splash out with summer flowering bulbs. It’s just starting to feel like spring and I’m itching to start planting things but trying to control that impulse as I know it’s too early. It’s not too early though, to start thinking about summer colour and as the spring bulbs poke their heads out, it reminded me […]
After a great visit, but not great weather for our first visit as a Club post lockdown (to 6,Canon Price Road, Barford – well worth a trip on a fine day!) we were blessed with a perfect evening for our private visit to Admington Hall near Shipston. A beautiful garden with lots of interest and […]
If you ask people what colours they like or dislike in the garden its not unusual for people to choose pastel colours and to say that they aren’t keen on reds, oranges or yellow. Yet as the season moves on towards autumn and the sun moves lower in the sky, these rich jewel colours are […]
Lets hope the rain stays away and we can get out to see Snowdrops blooming in a couple of weeks time. Snowdrops, also called Milk Flowers, Dingle-Dangles (yes really!) Candlemas Bells, February Fair Maids and White Ladies are not, as you may have thought, British natives. They originally came from Europe and South West Asia, […]
Its easy to think that taking cuttings is a thing you do in the summer or maybe in the autumn, when the plant is in full growth. For a particular type of cutting though, you want the plant to be dormant and that is for root cuttings. The best time to do this type of […]
I hardly like to use the B word – Brexit that is, but you may have seen suggestions on t.v and in the media that the way to beat possible shortages post Brexit is to grow your own. A bit late for this advice for a lot of things and if you’re worried about your […]
What a treat our Club visit for June to Hardwick Hill House was: An absolutely inspirational gardens in a wonderful parkland setting, with views for miles. A real plants person’s garden with a fabulous long border, interesting and unusual plants and excellent tea and cakes! It felt like a privilege to wander round this lovely […]
Its Chelsea time again and its fairly easy to think you’ve seen it all before, with the endless shots of beautiful roses and interviews with some of the ‘usual suspects’. If you look carefully though there are fashions in gardening just like in interior design and clothing and this year is no exception. Those in […]