Rhododendron Feast
Last weekend we were at a barbecue at friends here in West Sussex. I had a rhododendron feast. Part of their garden was planted a hundred years […]
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spring flowers
It’s tulip time
I visited Gravetye Manor’s gardens yesterday to see what was blooming. Frank Sinatra’s song ‘It had to be you’ suddenly was in my head when
10 fun facts about bluebells to tell kids
Yeah it’s bluebell time in the woods! When the ancient woodlands around the valley where we lived in southeast England turned blue, I used to
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My April garden flowers
This time last year we had just moved into our house which meant we were rather busy. Now we’re settled I can pay attention to what
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A burst of camellias
When I took my twins Luce and Theo for an Easter hunt they were searching the ground for eggs and clues while I stopped and
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Spring Preview at Wakehurst
I’ve been getting rather impatient for some gardens near me in West and East Sussex to unlock their gates and let in visitors, but I have
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