Brighton Festival Open Garden – Warleigh Rd
The May Brighton Festival brings a dose of flair and colour to the beginning of the calendar events year for our lovely part of the world, and this year, for ...
flowers
Spring flowers in Poets Corner (Hove)
It’s a lovely day on the south coast today and I am fortunate enough to have the day off work, so a stroll through the neighbourhood inevitably led me to ...
Crocus sale – first plant order for 2012
I’ve just received my order from the Crocus sale. Here’s what I got… and I reckon they’re a real bargain. Dead chuffed And here are the specimens: All arrived very ...
An English Country Garden
We were lucky enough to attend a drinks party in the most gorgeous English country garden of a friend of ours – Myra – who’s delightful cottage is tucked away ...
Poets Corner irises & wisteria
Forgive the break in my blogging schedule. Obviously there’s lots going on with Easter, bank holidays and the Royal Wedding. I’m also having a break from finishing building the garden as the ...
Potted plants
OK so these aren’t all potted plant shots but I wanted to document the last few flowers I have left in the garden while all this building work is going ...
Last of this years marvellous Magnolia flowers?
I could have taken so many photos like these, but I’ve restrained myself to what could perhaps be the last cracking example of 2011. See you next spring marvellous magnolia!
More Magnificent Magnolias
With the gorgeous weather continuing here are some new examples of gorgeous magnolias in our part of Hove. I love Magnolia petals. They are so thick and fleshy. In fact ...
Gardeners World Review: Episode 2
Monty Don shows how to plant summer bulbs, divide perennials and prune currant bushes. Glendurgan Garden in Cornwall was a spectacular sight this week it being a few degrees further ...