Denbigh Open Day….

Denbigh Open Day….

I know I promised to keep these next posts short, but I just can’t let this one pass you by…. One of my absolute favourite gardens (and house!), Denbigh, will be open on Saturday 10 October. Very rarely open to the public, the occasion is to mark the...
Plant days more….

Plant days more….

If you thought the little adventure in France would spell the end of plant days, I’m afraid not….there’s more to come!  Lots more…..and next on the agenda was the great RHS Chelsea Flower Show.  Really it’s near impossible to know where...
Plant days continue….

Plant days continue….

Oh how I love a gate…..especially one that partially obscures, that draws the eye and suggests that something wonderful is to be discovered when you step through to the other side!  The gate to Le Jardin Plume suggests all these things, its rustic simplicity in...
Plant days…

Plant days…

The next day we awoke to glorious blue sky and sunshine, which lit the birds-eye view of a section of one of a pair of herbaceous borders from our bedroom window beautifully! Belonging to dear friend Anna, it’s yet to reach its early summer peak, but the...
Escape plan….

Escape plan….

Perhaps just a handful of you might have noticed a lack of posts these last couple of weeks (or not, as the case may be!).  Well….I took a little trip, just a very quick one, and crammed rather a lot into just eight days on the ground!   From the first instant,...
Rhubarb and sweet ginger….

Rhubarb and sweet ginger….

This evening’s pick….white ginger for the dressing table, rhubarb for breakfast. Sadly I’ll be just a bit distracted with preparations for our own open gardennext weekend (you may have noticed!), but if you find yourself at a loose end, I know that...