Favour the Ferns

Many years ago The Financial Times sent me to do a feature on the RHS ‘Flower Show’ at Tatton Park . I was totally naïve and had no idea what I was supposed to do or to write about. So my excitement was tempered by acute anxiety. The term ‘imposter syndrome’ could...
A poem

A poem

In September friends of ours brought one of their tours to our garden. And one of their group, Vicki Scott, was, amazingly, inspired to write a poem about the garden. And here it is!

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Veddw in The Garden, by Chris Young

Veddw in The Garden, by Chris Young

This was published in the RHS ‘The Garden’ and written by the then editor, Chris Young, in December 2012. A long time ago. It’s a good piece and when I found it again recently I realised I wanted it here

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New post and a warning…

New post and a warning…

As you will have gathered by now, I am not a professional designer. Which means a great many things, one being that my plans often don’t seem to work.

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Smothering

Smothering

How often would a plant grow cheerfully through things we (you?) desperately remove? And do plants actually enjoy being crowded? Do they like the company of ground elder? How will we ever find out?

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Ivy on House Walls.

Ivy on House Walls.

Meanwhile I’m about to bore you with thoughts about growing ivy all over your house, just to avoid being controversial today.

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Have eBooks at last become essential?

Have eBooks at last become essential?

I recently decided to buy Tim Richardson’s book, Sissinghurst, The Dream Garden. (Excellent book) And I did something I’d been meaning to do for a long time – I bought the eBook…

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Veddw in the Snow

Veddw in the Snow

I thought now it’s back to grey gloom you might like to see my pictures of Veddw in the snow from a few days ago.

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