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I started this blog in 2008 to record how my garden developed, it quickly became a gardening journal and I have loved it every since. I am passionate about horticultre despite working in higher education administration. However now, 2013, I want to re-engage with my early hobbies of sewing, knitting and crochet so this blog will start to have a wider range of entries that aren't all garden related.
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Helen
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- Guardian 11th May 2011 – Bluebell Woods
- Guardian 17th June 2011 – Friday Debate
- Guardian 21st July 2011 – Tatton Park
- Guardian 23rd May 2011 – Behind the Scenes at Chelsea
- Late Summer Border, Hardy Plant Society December 2012
- Notcutts – The Hardest Working Greenhouse
- Quadrille – Review of Great Gardens of Italy
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brill post Helen
Almost prawn cocktails, very retro
Fuchshialiscious!
I have loved fuschias since I was a little girl – when our neighbour a keen gardener who sold veg etc from her acre garden started teaching me about plants. She had quite a few fuschias and I have always thought of them as being ballerinas! I only have about ten at the moment but in once garden I had about 100 in pots around a swimming pool and when I swam I could look up at them as them hung over looking at me!
What a lovely way to display fuchsias – I assume it was a display from one of the specialists?
how lovely !
Lovely! Not sure it’s good that I was faintly disappointed when I realised they *weren’t* cocktails….
There’s a cocktail hour that won’t leave you fuzzy headed in the AM!!! All those blooms & glasses make a gorgeous display. Your close up was lovely too.