Floristry at Chelsea 2016
Chelsea Flower Show is all about the plants and flowers. Much is made of The Show Gardens and the Great Pavilion with the floristry often over-looked.
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Festival of Flowers
Festival of Flowers
Each year St Mary's Church in Longcot participates in Oxfordshire Artweeks with a Festival of Flowers as part of supporting village artists. This year it also happens to...
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Garden Photography Course
Garden Photography Course
Over the past few years I have been a frequent visitor to some of the gorgeous Cotswold gardens open to the public. I love to photograph them and blog about them. Over the...
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Colesbourne Park Arboretum
Colesbourne Park Arboretum.
Deep in the heart of the Churn Valley in the Cotwolds is a hidden gem, Colesbourne Park Arboretum.
Colesbourne Park Arboretum is known as "England's greatest Snowdrop...
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My Flower Patch
I first met Sara Willman in July when she came on one of my Macro Taster Workshops and brought her own flowers with her. I soon discovered she was an Artisan Flower Grower who ran My Flower Patch and...
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Things to do in October
October can be a bit hectic, what with clearing away for winter whilst preparing for the following spring by planting bulbs and seeds etc. A few things to keep us all on our toes during this busy...
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Renaissance of British Flower Growers
British Flower Growers Renaissance.
In July 2015 I held a Macro Taster Workshop in Pewsey and it was there I met the lovely Sara. Although I had lots of subject material for the delegates to...
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Changes in the Garden
Changes in the garden.
Over the past few years I have spent a considerable amount of time working on a couple of personal photography projects and have neglected a few things that are important to...
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Top 5 Autumn Insects
Autumn is that rich time of year when the garden provides its final flourish of colour before the weather starts to turn colder. It's at this time of the year that Autumn insects seem to be almost...
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Things to do in September
September is a strange month for gardening. It's the month that many of the Autumn flowers reach their peak providing a final flourish of colour before the weather starts to get colder. It's also the...
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