Andrewr's Blog archive

Growing Old Gracefully

While some flowers are unattractive when they grow old (grey achilleas, or white...

What Do They Eat?

As there seems to be a plague of slugs and snails this year, I thought it might be...

Barney's Legacy

You may remember I lost Barney, one of my garden helpers, earlier this year. Sadly,...

Another NGS Garden (in Berkshire this time)

About five miles from me, on the west side of Wokingham, is an NGS garden. This originally...

Open Garden 2014 (will it be rained off?)

‘Devonia’ was open for two days again this year, Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th June. Saturday...

What I've Been Doing During the Last Four Winters

About eighteen months ago, I posed a question in a blog: "What do you do when you...

Death At Devonia

It is with regret that I have to announce the demise of Barney bear, garden helper...

Disaster or Opportunity?

My lilac tree is more than twenty years old and twelve feet tall. It has flowered...

Is It Just Me .....

.... or are that a lot less 'active' people on GOY this year?

A Day Out In The Cotswolds

Yesterday was the official launch of Evolution Plants, a new plant nursery near Bradford-on-Avon....

29 Flower Spikes And Counting

Melianthus major is a shrub from South Africa, with wonderful glaucous foliage. In...

Happy Accidents

Many of us often plan where to put the plants in our garden, but sometimes nature...