The Patient Gardener
The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies - Gertrude Jekyll
Ginkaku-ji (The Silver Pavilion) was our first Japanese garden of the tour and delivered on many of the archetypal Japanese garden elements. I’ve already shown you the Golden Pavilion, the garden...
I initially started this post by saying that as I have been away most of November very little has happened to Hugh’s Border, the focus of this year’s End of Month...
I was about to write about the Silver Pavilion, a natural progression after the Golden Pavilion in my last post, but I spotted these photos I took of Chrysanthemums on my...
Kinkaku-ji, or the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, is the iconic temple of Kyoto. Dating from the late 14th century, the temple was originally the retirement villa of the shogun, Ashikaga...
Anyone who follows me on Instagram or Facebook will know I have been travelling around southern Japan for the last two and half weeks and posting regular photos. I am now...
Well Autumn is truly upon us now. The Colchicums are flowering, the leaves are falling and the clocks went back an hour last night. I’ve always enjoyed Autumn, just as I...
One of the best presents my sons ever bought me was the RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants probably about 10 years ago. A hugely valuable resource that opens the keen...
The stalwarts amongst my readership will recall that I have had a love/hate relationship with my front garden. The lawn has changed its shape a number of times over the years...
Ben’s Etsy Shop
