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Ferns, foliage and fronds.

Took a few snaps of some of the ferns in my garden this week. Apologies as I do have a couple or 3 of the same variety. I...

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kate123

12 Sep, 2021
Kate123

To many pots what to do ?

Rearranging my pots today and dead heading and it will probably take all day . Its worth it in the end . In the last 3 weeks...

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rick_n

25 Jul, 2021
Rick_n

What a show ...

What a show ... even if I do say so myself! When, at the beginning of May, I decided to put in the summer bedding (&...

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balcony

26 Jul, 2018
Balcony

Pots and baskets

Just been round watering up thought I’d add some photos of the baskets and pots etc now, they’re really coming on now.

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sewingkilla

21 Jun, 2018
Sewingkilla

Mother's little helper..

This is a misnomer if there ever was one! last week my son Patrick (6'5") was busy taking the hangers off some containers,...

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odaatpat

20 Jun, 2018
Odaatpat

loads of colour

each year i post pictures of some of the rhododendrons in the garden I am sure some of you will have seen them previous...

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bjs

25 May, 2016
Bjs

Pics of my front porch ..for Steragram, and whomever..

I recently described my front porch, but couldn't include pics..it was too sunny that day. today's overcast, just right,...

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odaatpat

21 May, 2016
Odaatpat

Plants in pots (outdoors)

Perusing the gardening questions I often see questions regarding what growing medium to use when planting in pots. The following...

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stjohntongue

22 Jan, 2016
Stjohntongue

This girl just loves shoes!!!

As some of you know I am a recycling junkie..today I searched out pictures of my shoe collection to see how they have done... I...

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sandra

24 Nov, 2015
Sandra

succulents in winter on the west Wales coast.

Looking back through my pictures this evening I suddenly realised just how many of my tender succulents survived outside...

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sandra

4 Oct, 2015
Sandra

A small garden makeover..

" I've been thinking",a phrase that sometimes fills your OH with dread,but this was a little project I wanted to...

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bloomer

24 Apr, 2015
Bloomer

Containers

I can't resist summer containers. They provide lots of colour, especially on the patio, and fill gaps in other parts of...

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melchisedec

17 Jul, 2014
Melchisedec

New Fence New Wall Planters

The fence is finished and the Apta Wall Planters are planted and ready to go on the fence. Shall go get them on then take...

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Scotkat

24 Apr, 2014
Scotkat

I've been DIY ing again....

My daughter had an assortment of wood left over from a decking kit and was going to take it to the tip. Well me being me...

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nanjo

8 Aug, 2013
Nanjo

Wall Garden in Capestang, France

I thought that this "wall garden" was so impressive that it merited a blog in its own right! Amazing! It also has a simple...

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sarahm

29 Jul, 2013
Sarahm

LET YOUR **IMAGINATION** RUN WILD!!

We visited this garden over a week ago, the owners were opening to raise money for cancer treatment, so on a very hot day...

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Dottydaisy2

25 Jul, 2013
Dottydaisy2

Garden is blooming quite nicely now.

It has been awhile since posting on here but I have had so many little projects on the go over the last few months that I...

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diydick

19 Jul, 2013
Diydick

Summer Containers

Here are some of the containers I definitely was not going to plant up this summer. I'm quite glad I did, though! I have...

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melchisedec

16 Jul, 2013
Melchisedec

My teeny weeny water garden

To start with, I wanted a pond with some cascading water. Then it was a small pond with perhaps a tiny fountain. Next I thought...

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anujag

28 Jun, 2013
Anujag

Green Terrace or a Potted Garden

This Blog is to share all the ideas, suggestions and photos, to create and maintain a beautiful garden in an apartment Terrace....

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escallonia

29 Apr, 2013
Escallonia

I am a Copy Cat, well I tried to be!!!

Ever since I saw this planter design, on the photo pages which Sticki put on a few weeks ago, I have wanted to have a go...

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oliveoil

25 Apr, 2013
Oliveoil

Blue pot changing...again!

Do you remember the saga of my three pots? My husband bought the biggest one for my Christmas present about four years ago,...

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spritzhenry

8 Apr, 2013
Spritzhenry

Tyre planters

I have recently came across tyre planters so wanted to make my own These are the tyres I got on freecycle still with wheel...

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gardengirl_

26 Nov, 2012
Gardengirl_

LIFE AFTER THE LAVENDER!!

We had to take out our lavender path, it did not do at all well, not sure if it was the soil, the wet, or the variety.......so...

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Dottydaisy2

7 Nov, 2012
Dottydaisy2

Time for a change :o)

I decided to move most of the pots to the centre of the gravel area,earlier this week,as they looked a bit too spread out..and...

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bloomer

24 Aug, 2012
Bloomer

Garden today:))))

Hi all just thought i would share some pictures of my garden on such a gorgeous sunny day:))))

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mark61

16 Aug, 2012
Mark61

Pots on the Patio

With all the bad weather we've been having, I didnt think there was anything in the garden that was worth taking photos of....

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poppylover99

10 Aug, 2012
Poppylover99

Alpine Trough

After months of procrastination, seeing Scotsgran's beautiful new alpine bed finally spurred me into doing something about...

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melchisedec

6 Aug, 2012
Melchisedec

Grandma`s New Planter:)))))

Jordan as asked if he can make a planter for his grandma today just to show how much he loves her.Bless him.I am going to...

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mark61

8 Jul, 2012
Mark61

Recycling from work:))))

These blue chutney tubs i got from work.It as been bugging me for months and months as to what i could do with them.So i...

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mark61

3 Jul, 2012
Mark61

Hi Everyone

Hi all, have now moved and all settled in. The garden i have now is a patio style garden, so all my pots came with me and...

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hollyeves

4 Jun, 2012
Hollyeves

Dwarf Plumeria Plants Versus Compact Plumeria Plants

Hi Everybody, Following is an article I recently published for everybody interested in growing dwarf or compact plumeria...

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bobwalshplumerias

22 May, 2012
Bobwalshplumerias

2011 Polystyrene Trough contents

Some of you may remember last Summer i made myself a Trough made from Polystyrene and planted it up mainly with miniature...

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bjs

2 May, 2012
Bjs

A Hypertufa trough.

For the benefit of those folks who do not have enamel sinks to spare, this is a description of how I made a trough from hypertufa...

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Owdboggy

1 May, 2012
Owdboggy

Planting up a trough!

Planting At last the exciting part. Buy yourself some plants suitable for planting in a trough. This is one of them, an...

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Owdboggy

30 Apr, 2012
Owdboggy

A Sink Garden.

We found a number of these old Belfast type sinks around the garden. This is how I turned them into alpine growing areas. The...

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Owdboggy

29 Apr, 2012
Owdboggy

Being potty.

I am definitely a potty person, but I think you knew that, didn't you. Until I was thinking about this blog, I hadn't actually...

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spritzhenry

9 Nov, 2010
Spritzhenry

A pootle round my garden.

I haven't been around for a while I know & my garden hasn't changed much since last year but I thought I'd just invite...

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fluff

22 May, 2010
Fluff

Containers with faces

For some time I have looked for pots/containers with faces. This is as far as I have got in my travels. Only four pots....

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dorjac

19 Apr, 2010
Dorjac

Ideas for window boxes

On our to do list for the garden .I am doing 3 window boxes,a small one, a medium one and a large one (window box that is)...

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hijuju

19 Jan, 2010
Hijuju

garden swan planter

hello everyone hope the holidays were good to everyone. Sorry about all that snow in britian, I have been busy making things...

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pondlady

15 Jan, 2010
Pondlady

Potted Up!

Well, you were right in saying that I wouldn't wait until after Christmas to get 'the pot' planted up! Yes, it was cold out...

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spritzhenry

19 Dec, 2009
Spritzhenry

GONE Potty!!

GONE Potty! My second foray went to plan And in my car I went To Garden Centres far and wide A whole day out I spent! At...

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spritzhenry

12 Dec, 2009
Spritzhenry

Winter / Summer patio 09

It wasnt until Dottydaisy2 made a comment on one of my summer patio photos that id forgotten how lovely it was .......you...

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hollyeves

6 Dec, 2009
Hollyeves

New for old - MAGIC!

After Crazydi 'nicked' the idea I had for my next blog, (LOL-great minds think alike, Di!) I came up with a 'cunning plan'-and...

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spritzhenry

18 Nov, 2009
Spritzhenry

a bit of this and a bit of that

While clearing the garden, I found I had a number of empty pots of varying shapes and sizes, the largest being a big blue...

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grindle

11 Nov, 2009
Grindle

Buckets As Plant Containers!!

I starteded 2 repot My Large Container Fuchsias yesterday as u can see they need it as the Roots had filled out 2 the Pots...

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jacque

29 Oct, 2009
Jacque

Mums Pots........

I was at my mothers at the weekend......she is 84 and needs a bit of help now at home........ i was taking something out...

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hollyeves

21 Oct, 2009
Hollyeves

A home made 3 tier plant stand

Hello everyone, If you have managed to take alook at some of my photo's, you will see the one in front of the G/H. withall...

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franktf4

20 Oct, 2009
Franktf4

Making use of !!!

Hubby cleared out the shed and found my moms old singer machine which I was loathe to throw away, so off came the sewing...

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stroller

20 Oct, 2009
Stroller

Recycling..

Out in the garden today getting rid of stuff I don,t need when I remembered I had these old car tyres. I thought i,d try...

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usernut

15 Oct, 2009
Usernut

Well here goes, with a lot of help from my GoY freinds

most of you know of my bad luck with my last blog. (just tapped the save draft key and had to work out how to get my blog...

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franktf4

13 Oct, 2009
Franktf4

replanting baskets, pots

today as im having a relatively pain free day i decided to get something done in the garden, the sun is shinning here in...

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sanbaz

23 Sep, 2009
Sanbaz

Cow trough goes missing from local farmyard...

Actually I didn't steal it...it came from the candle manufacturer who I work for believe it or not! We make 'pillar' candles...

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fluff

13 Jul, 2009
Fluff

pots and containers.

After my daughter counted the pots and containers in our garden last summer ( the wash out summer ) it got me thinking about...

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irish

23 Jun, 2009
Irish

A few photos of my garden

Really pleased this year all the hard work is paying of. The garden is starting to show colour.

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donnah

25 May, 2009
Donnah

MY KIND OF SHOPPING.

I wanted to buy some pink or red plants for my long planters on the patio.... Some of these i used in the planters and some...

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hollyeves

18 May, 2009
Hollyeves

Iron Containers All Planted Up 4 Summer 2009

Got these 2 Containers last year 4 just over a Pound Each from a Plant Sale @ My Local Community Center ! The Polyanthuses...

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jacque

30 Apr, 2009
Jacque

Winter Interest in the Garden - part 6 - Containers

Well, here goes on another blog! This time, I've collected photos of some of my containers round the garden. Colour in the...

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spritzhenry

10 Feb, 2009
Spritzhenry

EASY SATURDAY

Well, it HAD to be an easy Saturday. Rain stopped play and it wasn't much better yesterday. I was off into town and just...

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Muddy_Boots

12 Apr, 2008
Muddy_boots

Help has arrived

Arrrrggggghhhh! On Sunday, I was checking out my pots of fushias, just to see what has survived, and noticed that I have...

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Muddy_Boots

2 Apr, 2008
Muddy_boots

My (container) garden.

I have to admit I feel like a bit of an impostor because I don't have a real garden with streams and lots of land...all I...

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Raquel

8 Mar, 2008
Raquel

Tubs!

I just love container planting, especially since my neighbours let me loose on theirs. Armed with a good sum of money,...

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KarenKing

14 Feb, 2008
Karenking

To cheer me up on a miserable day!

It's wet and windy down here in Somerset, so I decided to look at bright and cheerful photos of my tubs. I thought you might...

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spritzhenry

6 Dec, 2007
Spritzhenry