Coming home from holiday to a garden in full bloom
I think every gardener gets that slight sense of dread when coming home from a holiday in summer. You imagine disaster, drought, things flopping everywhere or the best flowers opening and finishing while you are away.
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Taking the wall down and making space for the dahlias
Mid-July has brought with it one of those jobs that feels far bigger than it sounds. We finally took the wall down in the garden and instantly the space felt different, with more room and more possibility.
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One minute picking sweet peas, the next at Hampton Court
This is one of those weeks that has held a bit of everything I love: sweet peas at home, summer borders looking fuller by the day and a trip to Hampton Court with flower friends.
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Cold spring or not, mid-June is making up for it
For so much of this spring I have felt as if I was waiting for the garden to catch up, but mid-June is finally making up for it.
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June is starting to feel like my kind of month
June has such a pull for me every year, and even after a cold grey spring I can feel the garden beginning to find its stride now.
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