Andrewr's Blog archive

Green Footprints (this isn't what you think it is)

Yesterday was dry so I was able to get some work done in the garden. Later I was...

Holiday in Latvia

I was away most of last week for a short break in Latvia. It is one of the three...

They think it's all over - it is now

Today was the last of the groups booked in ‘by appointment’ to visit the garden....

Bigger Gardens

I guess we’d all like a bigger garden so that we could grow everything we wanted...

Another job jobbed

It rained this morning (it wasn’t forecast so I got wet coming back from the shops)...

Yellow Book gardens - they're all different

I have visited three Yellow Book gardens in the last week. The first was a “plantsman’s...

Ultimate Garden?

How's this for one-up-man-ship? Yesterday I went to a Buckingham Palace Garden Party. It...

Colour Theory

Have you ever wondered why some colours look right together and others don’t? This...

Visiting Gardens

What do you look for when visiting other people’s gardens? Some gardens we have to...

Hidden Garden

The more observant among you may have noticed many parts of my garden are named....

Countdown to opening - the day arrives

Well this is it – our Open Garden day. The forecast is dry and not too hot. The garden...

Countdown to opening - one week to go

This is the second of three blogs about opening under the Yellow Book scheme. This...