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Yearly Archives: 2013
Candlelit supper anyone?
For those not living in the UK, the weather forecasters had been predicting a serious storm, St Jude, to hit this country overnight, last night. In the early hours of this morning, I woke suddenly and there was a huge … Continue reading
A gradual change of colour for GBFD.
Taking photographs for this month’s Foliage Day was a question of dodging the showers, sometimes they were quite light but at others it was torrential rain. A gradual change is coming over the garden, a more golden tint to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Acer, autumn leaves, Azalea, Betula, Cherry, Cornus, Cotoneaster, epimedium, evergreens, Ferns, foliage, Horse Chestnut, Viburnum
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GBBD. Flowers for October.
When I first came downstairs this morning and looked out of the kitchen window, there was a wonderful sunrise to greet me.
Our holiday garden.
As with Sussex Prairies, years ago, I had read in various magazines and seen on TV, a house and garden on the Isle of Wight which also had a cottage in the garden which you can rent and also have … Continue reading
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Tagged Asters, bananas, cannas, dahlias, Haddon Lake House and Garden, Isle of White, phormium, tree ferns, tropical planting
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Sussex Prairies, here we come!
Having spent about an hour at Nyman’s garden, we then made our way to the garden that I have read about in all the gardening magazines –Sussex Prairies – and have been wanting to visit ever since it was made … Continue reading
Autumn gardens in all their glory.
We have just got back after a week and a bit away. We went to a wedding in London first where our son had the pleasant duty of giving his Mother in Law away, then as we were over in … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn flowers, colour in October., double borders, National Trust, Nymans
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One misty, moisty morning…
……when I drew the curtains back and saw mist covering the garden, I knew it would be a good day for photographing the spider’s webs in the garden.
A Golden Glow for September GBFD.
When the curtains are first drawn back in a morning, the light is different, there is a golden glow now which is so different from a couple of weeks ago. The leaves are starting to turn colour and with all … Continue reading
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Tagged Acer, Amelanchier, autumn, autumn tints, brunnera, Fern, Hosta, pittosportum, pontaderia, stachys, succulents, zantedeschia
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Berry delicious.
Autumn berries are ripening up all around us, so far the birds haven’t eaten many, but then, it hasn’t been too cold yet to kill off all the insects which they feed on. Maybe it is too soon to say, … Continue reading
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Tagged Apples, Arum, autumn, Berberis, berries, blackberry, Cotoneaster, Elderberry, feeding birds, Hawthorn, Honeysuckle, Pyracantha, sloe
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GBBD. September flowers.
We were warned by the weathermen that our summer was coming to an end and the first Autumn storm was approaching. Some of the flowers are looking pretty wet, but in a rare splash of sunlight when the rain stopped … Continue reading