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Blog 2. Relandscaping the upper garden (2)

1994. Having replaced the straight lines with curves we then discovered that we...

15 Apr, 2008
Fourseasons..

Sweet peas in newspaper????

Sounds like fish 'n' chips way back, doesn't it! Well-I mentioned some time ago that...

24 Oct, 2008
Spritzhenry

Newts

I have had my wildlife pond now for two and a half years. Today whilst cleaning some...

1 May, 2009
Treesandthi..

When is a Geranium not a Geranium?

Answer-when it's a Pelargonium! There's often confusion when someone talks about...

1 Aug, 2009
Spritzhenry

Vines - no, not Wines, VINES!!

I was lucky enough to inherit no less than six different vines in my garden. One...

1 Sep, 2009
Spritzhenry

my changing garden

when we moved in to this house 3 years ago, we were faced with a very empty garden ...

20 Nov, 2009
Grindle

A COLLAGE OF CONIFEROUS FOLIAGE

Conifers are probably the most diverse group of plants on the planet. The following...

29 Nov, 2009
Bluespruce

PUREWELL before FOXHOLLOW

Here are a few scanned photos of our previous garden at Purewell, Christchurch, in...

29 Dec, 2009
Bluespruce

BLUE STERLING NURSERY

Blue Sterling Nursery is owned by Jim and Barbara Smith, and is situated in Bridgetown,...

3 Jan, 2010
Bluespruce

BLUE SPRUCE from bluespruce

Here are a few photos of some Picea pungens cultivars, commonly known as either the...

5 Jan, 2010
Bluespruce