Project rockery
Cotswold Stone rock/gravel garden What: A rockery with minimal irrigation in full sun planted to look like a cascading waterfall in blues and whites Soil: Free-draining soil pockets in dry stone base on top of weed-suppressing membrane Size: 140wx330Lx40D Climate: UK zone H4 (-10C to -5C) We sourced the rocks from Stoneworld in Great Milton,…
Saved from the chipper
Now that the Chelsea Flower Show is just a tantalising trace scent of roses and lavender, it’s worth wondering what happens to the gardens now that they have to be pulled up by workers in hi-vis and JCBs. My visits were always slightly spoiled by the thought that some of those mature trees looking so…
Time for the ‘todes
I’ve been separating snowdrop bulbs this morning. The little nodding beauties have declared nature’s intentions and now they’re off for a long snooze. I put them in when we moved into Elmsgate, ten years ago, one of the first things I planted and they have spread beautifully since. They look lovely with the hellebores and…
Wrestling with a CAD
I can’t draw, I’ve tried but I can never get the ethereal beauty that many manage. My efforts, as you can see from my pictured sketch, don’t even make it into the impressionist canon. So when I completed my RHS design course, where everything had been pencilled, penned and taught manually I knew I would…
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