Category Archives: In my garden

Posts about life in my garden and thoughts/reflections directly related to it

A busy day

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Sara Davison

Well the sun has been shining this weekend, perhaps not quite as much as the forecasters predicted on Friday, but I’m not complaining; it has stayed dry and been warm(ish).  Had today to myself, so have probably spent longer in … Continue reading →

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Planting up the new garden 1

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Sara Davison

This is the blank canvas I had to play with a year ago, surely every gardener’s dream, lots of lovely rich soil just waiting to be planted! My brief to my garden designer had been that I would do the … Continue reading →

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Latest acquisition

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Sara Davison

I wanted to share my latest ‘treasure’ for the garden – this is Iris ‘Sinister Desire’ – which is perhaps rather a forbidding name for such a beauty. If you read my last post you will know one of my … Continue reading →

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Transformation – complete!

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Sara Davison

The first photo here is of my transformed garden one year ago today (please note any member of the Hosepipe Police checking in, I’m not contravening the ban; the photo is 12 months old!)  The landscapers had packed away their … Continue reading →

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Transformation – day 4

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Sara Davison

Back in 2011, April 26 saw the fourth day of work in the garden, and now it really began to take shape.  There were four guys working on it, the landscaper and his labourer, plus two brilliant bricklayers who were … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Botanical Art & artists

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Sara Davison

Visited the Society of Botanical Artists’ (www.soc-botanical-artists.org) annual exhibition in Westminster today, what a treat.  Over 700 works on display meaning that on entering the hall you left behind a dismal damp morning in central London and exchanged it for a … Continue reading →

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Transformation – days 2 & 3

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Sara Davison

Lots of progress made in two days, and what was most exciting was that the impact plants I’d selected were delivered.  In the plan my designer had placed 5 plants at various intersections of the path, punctuation points so to … Continue reading →

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Transformation – day 1

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Sara Davison

This is what I came home to after the guys had been at work for one day – just two of them, with spades and wheelbarrows!  Originally we hoped to use a [small] digger, which would have fascinated the little … Continue reading →

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Beginning the transformation

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Sara Davison

Work to change the landscape in my garden began one year ago tomorrow – and I’ve posted another image of  ‘before’.  The red ribbon on the tree in the foreground was the marker I used to tell the team that … Continue reading →

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Wet Bank Holiday Monday

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Sara Davison

But not a reason for the blues – although I suppose it could make a song title.  It has rained for almost the whole day today, but it is a good thing for us gardeners who have been fretting about … Continue reading →

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