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  • The Green Wall

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    The short stretch of fence that separates us from our direct neighbours (the ones that we’re attached to as we live in a semi-detached house) is known as the “green …

  • In the Oven

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    I like to think of my little plastic greenhouse as a cross between a factory and an oven. It can churn out plants at a great rate of knots and …

  • The Site Banner Image

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    I’ve been looking at many other garden blogs recently and one thing I’ve noticed is that most of them have a spectacular banner image across the top of the home …

  • The Regal Lily

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    My plan of having a garden full of perfume throughout the year is beginning to come together. For some time I’ve been making a conscious effort to buy plants, bulbs …

  • Evening Primrose

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Last year I bought a pack of Evening Primrose seeds, Oenothera Odorata “Apricot Delight” and this year, they have flowered. Evening Primrose is a strange kind of plant in some ways, it …

  • Price This

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    This is a view out of the Velux from the bedroom window. You can see a wavy line of staggered semi-detached houses, their back gardens ending with a hedge, then …

  • Rosa Graham Thomas

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    At the end of November last year, I wrote about the first Garden Arch and how I had just planted a bare root rose on either side, Rosa “Gertrude Jekyll” Rosa …

  • Murder Most Horrid

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    A grisly crime scene awaited us when we woke up this morning. Feathers scattered all over the lawn: Other casualties were a tray of cuttings, several young lupins and a …

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I'm Sunil Patel, this is me. I created the Garden at 13 Broom Acres and I open it to visitors. I also bake and write blog posts giving a "behind the scenes" look into what it's like to maintain such a garden.

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