The Patient Gardener
The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies - Gertrude Jekyll
It’s been a while since I posted a Garden Bloggers Bloom Day (GBBD) post but with my renewed blogging and a sunny morning I thought I would post away. My approach...
This week’s ‘In a Vase on Monday’ is a simple affair. For more ‘In a Vase on Monday’ posts visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden
As ever I’m late to the party but yesterday was such a nice day I decided to delay sitting at the laptop until this morning and I’m pleased I did...
I was inspired by a couple of beautiful feeds on Instagram (@simplybyarrangement @kreettakreetta and @derletztewolf) to pick some late spring flowers from the garden and to attempt to arrange them...
I can never decide if I like Papaver ‘Patty’s Plum’ or not. The colour of the flower when it first opens is lovely and I can’t resist the tissue like petals...
Every so often there are unexpected delights in the garden and this week seems to have delivered more than its fair share. I have grown Tragopodon crocifolius for years, well I...
I’ve been away for just over a week touring Sicily. The weather was very much as we have had in the last few days – low 20s but for Sicily this...
This month the stars of the garden are the various irises and aquilegias. I have always loved Irises of all sorts. My love affair started with bearded irises such as Langport...
I learnt a new word in Austin – tchotchke. I think it is a Jewish word and it means a small object that is decorative rather than strictly functional, a trinket. ...
A somewhat bedraggled garden for this month’s End of Month View post. I stupidly thought at the weekend, when it was sunny, I’ll take the photos nearer the end of the...
Ben’s Etsy Shop
