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  • A Season of Change

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    One of the most exciting things about creating a new garden is change. The sheer amount of change, the transformation from what was to what is and what will be. …

  • The Race Against Time

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Whoever said that gardening was a relaxing, leisurely activity, with no strenuous work, heavy lifting, over-exertion, stress or deadlines obviously had someone else doing it for them. I say this …

  • A Fan of Roses

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    It may only be late August, but the weather has gone right ahead to late November anyway. Driving rain, cold, dull days and overwhelming wet means that we’re really delayed …

  • The Crescent

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Due to the semi-circular sweep of the Grand Herbaceous Border (currently covered in polythene) and the equivalent semicircle opposite for the piece of grass (after much begging, pleading and final …

  • That New Long Border

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    After the triumph of Magnolia Hill, we moved onto working another border that sits along the beech hedge at the right hand side of the garden. The soil here is …

  • Garden Snippets

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    With so many things going on in the garden all at once I’ve got snippets of pictures and tag lines; almost like the news headlines. We start with a daylily; …

  • The Clematis Montana

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    People are continually reminding me how dreadful I am with Clematis and how they always die – sometimes before I even get them to the check-out. Well, this particular clematis is …

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