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December 31, 2014

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How we can help support closed nurseries, gardens and gardeners

Never has the word 'unprecedented' been used so much as it is at the moment. We are living in the strangest and darkest times for decades. Public places including gardens are closed, no gatherings of more than two people are allowed and non-essential businesses are closed. We have to do this, we know that we must keep safe from Covid-19 but we also know that millions of people from every part of life have lost their livelihood overnight. I thought I would gather a few things together that will give support to struggling gardeners and horticultural based businesses and also help us who are social distancing and self-isolating feel a bit less distant and isolated.
The charity https://perennial.org.uk/has been supporting horticultural workers for 180 years. As I write this their freephone helpline is working as usual and they are provide free and confidential support to anyone who has worked in or is working in the horticultural industry in the UK. They also provide help to…

End of Month Review December 2019

The last End of Month Review of the decade! How can this be?? It feels like the 2010s have flown by.

Anyhoo, in the garden all is wet. Very wet. It has rained for much of December and to make up for the days it has not rained it has rained all the harder when it has.
The Knot Garden looks like it is still growing well. After having concerns it might have Box-moth it looks like it is growing freshly and cleanly.
In the driveway the mahonia I planted a couple of years ago is growing well but does not appear to have flower buds, which concerns me a little.
and the Cornus officianalis is budding up well. This shrub always flowers early and is a real joy.
The Quince Hedge has some flowers and buds already.
and the hanging basket is not quite living up to its promise yet but I live in hope.
In the back garden the Long Shoot looks quite brown, but you can see the structure given by the sedum heads looking like dark punctuation marks and these make me happy.
The Edgeworthia has lots of …

Good Decisions

Gardening is often about making decisions. Deciding what to plant, when to plant, what to remove, what to let be, do I do this today or tomorrow or ever? Many gardening decisions are fairly benign, you think about what the desired outcome is and when you get to that point decide if you like it or not and if not, decide what to try next. The most difficult thing for me is often the waiting for that outcome.

The garden grows at its own pace and nothing I can want or do will change that. I have said before that one of my favourite quotes is "A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust." (Gertrude Jekyll 1843-1932). It is very apt for me as the garden has taught me to wait, to see what happens and then work with what is rather than what might or should be.
Cyclamen are one of my favourite early Spring flowers and having them start to naturalise is a moment of sheer joy for me. T…

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