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Category Archives: Out of my garden
Celebrating Botanical Art & artists
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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Tagged blossom, Botanical Art, coming home, gardening, specimen plants, spring day
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Happy Earth Day!
This is for all fellow gardeners out there working to make their plot, whatever the size, beautiful. Here in the Surrey Hills it is typical April weather, showers and sunshine; just perfect for making the flowers grow and helping to … Continue reading
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Tagged bluebell wood, Earth Day, outdoors, rain, spring day, Surrey
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Treats from the RHS
Two trips out of my garden this week – one on Tuesday to the RHS Great Spring Show at Westminster which was choc-a-bloc with treasures. Mindful that whatever I bought would need to be transported home on the train I … Continue reading
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Tagged auricula, gardening, RHS, Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley
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Community gardening
Spent a couple of hours in ‘my’ other garden this morning, one I share with other like-minded people in the neighbourhood. We’re reclaiming a partially walled kitchen garden in the grounds of what was once ‘the big house’ locally. Allotments … Continue reading