May
There is no excuse. Gardens should provide great combinations of flowers, buds and stems throughout the year. Shropshire gardens in my care are presently full of.. This coming week my Panasonic Lumix...
View ArticleChelsea Flower Show 2019
Several friends have asked “What did you think of Chelsea this year Sal ?” My answer “pretty damn perfect really, the gardens were sublime, perfection in planting was a regular occurence”. Show...
View Article1st June 2019 – Pen Pal Day
The 1st June is a day to celebrate the written word. When was the last time you put pen to paper ? My school friends and I started writing as we headed off to Polytechnic thirty five years ago. We...
View ArticleSummer borders
With Fiona, my faithful greyhound by my side, long walks through the Shropshire lanes are a regular occurrence. Fiona likes to stroll, which provides time to take in the beauty of the natural...
View ArticleFlowers for my Dad.
On the 17th June 2018 I created a floral tribute on the dining room table in our family home. It was essentially a narrative of Dad’s life. As a design prerequisite it was essential to depict strength...
View ArticleFast.
Sown on the 15th June, these Zinnia had germinated by the 20th, and were pricked out on the 22nd. Now that is fast. Three packets of Amaranthus germinated within five days, they still have a...
View ArticleVlinderhof
I took a plane to Amsterdam, headed to Utrecht and onto Vlinderhof in MaximaPark, as I was attending a course “Piet Oudolf How Does He Do It ? ” As uptil this point, I have instantaneously found...
View ArticleAugust.
From seeds sown in my unheated greenhouse on the March 23rd, to a profusion of buds, flowers and seed heads in less than four months. These are really straight forward seeds to propagate, germinate,...
View ArticleLate summer.
Late summer. My garden is full of Dahlias, Sunflowers and Rudbeckias. Courgettes in the greenhouse have made a run for the roof trusses, and the tomatoes are ripening. Every year I like to try out new...
View ArticleImages
Everyday I take images of plants in my garden from various angles and heights, as I document their growth from seedling to maturity. Sunflowers have such architectural bracts. This seed grown Honka...
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All in a seasonal days work.
Autumn is my favourite season. What’s not to love about Anemone flowers, and their gorgeous bobble like seed heads ? Autumn brings the tail end of perennials flowering. But, if you choose wisely your...
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Window sills.
The kitchen window sill provides a perfect space for cut flowers and stems from my garden right throughout the year. Dahlias and GladioliDogwood stems and contorted Hazel for Christmas Cucumbers...
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A week in images.
Since my first blog post, over six years ago, the vast majority of images have been taken with my Panasonic digital camera. I never go to work without it. It truly is a great camera. I thought I would...
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November 2019.
It has been a great week for late autumnal images. And to round it off my bulbs have arrived in their hundreds. Time to start planting . My gardening year just rolls on.
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This week .
My bulbs arrived. Over the years I have found that various rodents also enjoy this delivery. Mice in particular appear to be highly skilled at digging up demolishing crocus corms, so with this in mind...
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Winter income
When working conditions are good, I find myself mulching,pruning and admiring ten gardens on a weekly basis. However reduced light levels and inclement weather does make regular income generation...
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My gardening life continues.
I hope you enjoy these late December images from my own and gardens I work in. Veronicastrum standing tallContorted Hazel, Artichoke and SecateursMulberry and boxBorage as a mulch with cotoneaster...
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Winter work continues…
So far this year, not a single snowflake has fallen. To remind myself of happy snow filled times, see below. Fiona Pruning deciduous trees, shrubs and roses is a winter work priority. As well as...
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Winter images 2020.
My secateurs and camera are essential gardening tools. I must have pruned hundreds of shrubs over the last fifteen years, but I literally have taken thousands of landscape and gardening related...
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2020 vision.
Gardens should be designed to look as interesting throughout the entire four seasons in a year. Lets not forget about winter… Through choosing ornamental grasses, trees, shrubs and plants that possess...
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