December garden decay and bloom
Since we moved into our house earlier this year every month has been a small voyage of discovery to see what is growing in our garden […]
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Nature Diary
Nature notes and photography of flora and fauna during the changing seasons.
Christmas wreath workshop at Gravetye Manor
I’ve always wanted to make a wreath to hang on our door during the winter but never had a clue where to start. Now I
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The November garden
We know people talk a lot about the weather all the time in Britain. Even a couple of centuries ago you could expect the same. As
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17th Century whispers in Groombridge Place Gardens
One evening during the carnival in Venice I stepped around a corner in a quiet lane and passed a couple in seventeenth century dress. It
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Derek Jarman’s Garden
There are some who don’t like Dungeness because this headland in Kent resembles a post-apocalyptic wasteland. There are those who are bewitched by the unusual
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Sanctuary
Recently our little valley has been like a sanctuary filled with deer and pheasants. At night we hear stags roaring and during the day the