Category Archives: Grasses

a little before and a little after

Posted on May 1, 2013 by admin

  These two photos show the design of the garden in year 2003.  The idea was that the formal grass paths and small circular lawn gave structure and formality to the planting which was fairly unstructured – because I am … Continue reading →

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a little tenderness….

Posted on April 29, 2013 by admin

We made a visit to one of our local garden centres yesterday afternoon.  This particular one lives up to it’s name – Down To Earth.   They sell lots of bedding plants and several small pots as multi-buys.  We weren’t … Continue reading →

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what a difference a day makes…….

Posted on April 20, 2013 by admin

Well, it does make a difference – at least in our garden….. And warm enough to have lunch outside and a lovely cuppa – courtesy of Clare next door – mmmmmm Mark has been cutting back – very correctly this … Continue reading →

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cutting back in the garden

Posted on April 6, 2013 by admin

Mark and I in the summer house   Cutting back……..No, not in the financial sense…. We didn’t cut back all the old growth from our herbaceous perennials and grasses in the autumn and so have that job to do as … Continue reading →

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