I know a lot of you have been worried about me. You all think that I will find it hard adjusting to getting back home to Lewes in England after two glorious weeks on holiday in Venice where, amongst other…
The David Austin Garden, Chelsea Flower Show, 2014 I haven’t been to the Chelsea flower show for a few years now but, from what i’ve seen in the media, the 2014 show has been one of the best for a…
Yesterday I wrote about my tulips reaching their season’s end so it’s only fair to announce the arrival of my roses – various varieties of old rose type climbers and all from David Austin. This one, Benjamin Britten, has a…
There is a glorious melancholy about a hot day in England’s late spring. The final glory of exquisitely delicate tulips has a special beauty and so it was yesterday when I watched the farewell performance of my Ballerina tulips iridescent…
I got down-hearted over the wind damage to my rose trellis this week. I know that’s not that big a deal in terms of international natural disasters but it rattled my cage and challenged my gardening instinct to remain optimistic…
It was the late comic actor Kenneth Williams who coined the phrase when playing a beleaguered Julius Caesar in one of the Carry On films. “Infamy, infamy! They’ve all got it in for me!” I knew just what he meant…
Easter Monday is blue jeans Monday for me. Time to stand a look in my small urban garden in Lewes, UK. What better than my crop of blue irises, variety: Blue Denim. My Blue Denim irises have just the right street-cred for…
I suppose it’s sad when a camellia bloom falls from the tree but when it lies there like that on a sunny afternoon, I think it has a special beauty. After-all, there are plenty more up there for me not…
Sorry to bore you all but I couldn’t resist posting some more photographs from my Spring garden. the sun is shining and the plants are responding accordingly. Taking it easy, as I’m told to do by the doctor, is a…
My Lewes garden is now in its High Springtime with plenty more seasonal thrills on the way. I think this time of year should be like one long firework display with one visual surprise after another. My cherry tree, now…