This week, 24 November to 2 December, is National Tree Week. Its an opportunity to celebrate and highlight the importance of trees. I noticed that the BBC Nature page was featuring a series of tree photographs, so thought I would review some of my favourite piccies. I have chosen one from each season. This was […]
Archive | November, 2012
Floral Friday – Family Friendly Shrubs – Lavatera
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Autumn Leaf Hopscotch
The autumn leaves in the south of the UK have been wonderful this year. I have been seeing fantastic artwork, collages and patterns made from leaves. This weekend a brief chat with my 7 year old about what use we could put some of the many leaves in our garden led to a eureka moment. […]
Floral Friday: Cosmos – Family Friendly Plants
The Cosmos is the sort of flower that you may have seen in other people’s gardens and thought I would love to have that displaying in my garden. It’s a lovely statuesque cottage garden flower, usually with very pretty pastel colours and feathery leaves. It is rather magical for toddlers as it grows to just […]
A LESSON IN BLOGGING
I have been playing well outside the garden recently and having great fun. This Saturday I tiptoed nervously for the first time into a conference for bloggers, called the Mumsnet BlogFest. My BlogFest day started brilliantly. I love coincidence and unplanned meetings. I once went on holiday to southern Ireland and met […]
Stourhead Revisited: The Beauty of Autumn Colour
Last year we visited Stourhead, Wiltshire, one of the best landscape gardens in the country. It was so beautiful we couldn’t resist returning again this year. There are over 600 species of trees and shrubs in the landscape gardens assuring a fantastic long-lived autumn display. The expectation was for a good spectacle of autumn colour […]
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