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  • June – Laburnum and iris

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    The Iris Border has really started to bloom this week, the peonies are opening up and (the bit I am...

  • May – Labyrinths in the garden and beyond

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    I did two things this week that I don’t do often enough. I walked round the garden first thing and,...

  • April – the cruellest month?

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    Today is April 1st and as I write it is sleeting outside. Ten minutes ago it was brilliant sunshine and...

  • March – sculpture, herbs and wool

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    In a bit of a first we opened the garden for the year in early March. It was something of...

  • February – getting ready to welcome our visitors

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    Opening day on March 2nd is drawing closer and the pace of activity is increasing exponentially. We welcomed our garden...

  • Looking ahead

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    And here we are back in January with the year ahead of us. I have no idea what it will...

  • December – The end of the year

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    I think time has become a completely elastic medium in that in one sense it seems ages since we opened...

  • November – Business as usual

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    It’s November and for the first time, we – along with The Vine House Café and the Garden Shop –...

  • October 2021 – Autumn has arrived

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    Well there is certainly a nip in the air now and we have had enough rain to satisfy the most...

  • September 2021 – Not going anywhere

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    I’m writing this column from home. I’m having a “staycation” or as we used to call it, not going anywhere....

  • August 2021 – All hands to the deck

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    It’s early August and as I write the rain is lashing against the windows of the office. Gardening outdoors has...

  • July 2021 – halfway through the year

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    I’m feeling as I usually do by this stage of the growing year, too much to do and not enough...