Wordless Wednesday, 3 July 2024
English Gardenscapes with Shades of Roman Britain Tour Note 7: Great Dixter and Kew
Very soon we will not be reading about gardens and Roman sites but walking among them! So, let me get to the final set of gardens: Great Dixter, and Kew, which are also the final two venues we will visit. In the mid to late 20th century, Great Dixter was developed by gardener and prolific …
six on Saturday, 18 May 2024
It looks like another post of essentially plant and pot pictures with little about projects this week, but I think I have an interesting place to begin. It's a record of something I've not seen before: 1. Sempervivum, or Hens and Chicks, blooming. The feature image shows some buds in bloom. The two images below …
Wordless Wednesday, 15 May 2024
English Gardenscapes with Shades of Roman Britain Tour Note 6: Hidcote Manor Garden and Sissinghurst Castle Garden
I began these notes to give tour members some useful information about the sites we will be visiting and to explain why we are visiting those places among the hundreds of other gardens and Roman sites in England. In the case of Hidcote and Sissinghurst, the reason for including them is easy: I've not yet …
silent Sunday, 28 March 2024
six on Saturday, 20 April 2024
Today's six are a quick rundown of some colorful blooms that are finally appearing in the garden. For participation guidelines for joining this Saturday sharing of six things going on in our gardens and for links to many more posts, see Jim Stephens’ Garden Ruminations, the gathering point of our posts. 1. I'll start with a …
After Eden 