So basically I should be packing the car now, but I’ve got a bit of a pink thing going on at the moment...

23 July, 2014 /

I planted this cactus dahlia tuber last year and for the first time ever I managed to produce a flower. All other attempts have been continually sabotaged by snails...

16 July, 2014 /

My first thought when I saw all the hollyhock blooms scattering the garden path was disappointment to be honest, as basically I always want them to go on for much longer...

15 July, 2014 /

The pinks and purples are really arriving in the garden now, and this weekend brought the first Hollyhock as well as the first Buddleia. I wanted to create something with the hollyhock, although it’s not easy as each flower has a tiny stem and I didn’t...

30 June, 2014 /

I spent the weekend in Cornwall, as we were having a wonderful new bespoke bench delivered by friends; Ewan had made the bench (Holly basically makes most of the beautiful ceramics I own! ). I arrived back to a rather parched garden amidst an overturned row of...

24 June, 2014 /

Whilst some of the flowers in the garden continue  to flower abundantly, others seem to be coming to the end of a floral burst. The sweet peas are a joy and the pinks are producing loads more flowers this year too, but the Campanula seem to...

19 June, 2014 /