At the risk of further swelling the inevitably vast coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show 2011; a few personal highlights, observations and photographs of the day. Year on year, garden designers at the Chelsea Flower Show are expected to put on a novel show, and this year certainly did not disappoint. The talking point this year has to be Diarmuid Gavin’s hanging, Irish Sky Garden, with its pink planted pod [...]
What a difference a little rain makes. Alas, little being the operative word. Despite reports of storms, rainy weather forecasts, we have just had one, admittedly good, shower two weeks ago. Since then, we have only been cruelly beguiled by thick luscious clouds, but none since have dropped any of their precious cargo. Fortunately for our, still dry, garden though, temperatures have dropped, which gives us all, plants included, a [...]
Never once did it occur to me that, the gentle rolling green Oxfordshire countryside, could hide such a malicious horror. The exact location of the appalling crime is a mystery, but somewhere, either in the field, or in the garden, I was repeatedly stung, by a small homicidal black fly, a.k.a., the Blanford Fly. The pleasure of actually catching sight of the little critter has yet eluded me, but the [...]
Rather unsurprisingly, the current weather conditions have led to incredibly fast growth in the garden. Apart from those plants that have ceased to be, all are up and achieving new heights everyday. On the down side, so are the weeds… By no means an accurate scientific comparison, but photographs taken last year, seem to indicate that the borders are at least 3 weeks ahead of their usual growth rate. For [...]
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