I wasn't expecting an invitation to tea with the Queen. Which was just as well - I didn't get one. But I did receive an invite to a Bloggers' Breakfast followed by a preview of 'Painting Paradise' - the new exhibition at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace. Pulling on smart clothes (of a sort) and … Continue reading Painting Paradise: The Art Of The Garden
Wordless Wednesday: Still No News
Fingers crossed. (See The Duck Nest Box).
Win Ian Hodgson’s ‘Great Garden Design’
Here's a March book giveaway. And it's a good one. Great Garden Design by Ian Hodgson is published this month by Frances Lincoln. I'll let them tell you about it: "Great Garden Design showcases more than 300 of the best garden designs of the last 10 years from 50 top designers and members of the … Continue reading Win Ian Hodgson’s ‘Great Garden Design’
The Duck Nest Box
I'm happy that wild mallard call the Priory home. But I could do without the acute guilt trip they laid on me last year - even if it was well deserved. For the past couple of years, one of my (many) must-do jobs has been to replace the ancient, dilapidated duck nesting box on the … Continue reading The Duck Nest Box
March Of Snowdrops
A few years ago, a friend gave me a barely liftable, large trug of snowdrops. I was very, very grateful and happily began adding them to the Priory's meagre showing. Eventually running out of time, I temporarily stuffed the last few into a small bed beneath a standard Viburnum tinus 'Eve Price'. And there they … Continue reading March Of Snowdrops
Win A Copy Of ‘Making A Wildflower Meadow’
I try to keep only a sensible number of gardening books - really I do. I've even given some away to charity ... once or twice. But occasionally I'm offered a book to review and my resolve shrivels. 'Making a Wildflower Meadow: The Definitive Guide To Grassland Gardening' by Pam Lewis was one of those … Continue reading Win A Copy Of ‘Making A Wildflower Meadow’
Wordless Wednesday: Vole & Dunnock
They might have stood a little closer together.
The Anxious Gardener 