Tag Archives: specimen plants

Planting up the new garden 1

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

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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Celebrating Botanical Art & artists

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

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

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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