Tag: Flowers
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Dahlias: investing in your garden
Gardens are one of the last things people thing of when renovating a house. We are lucky that we have a well established front and back garden in the new house but there is still things I want to add as well as move, trim and replace. If you spend time outside and like entertaining…
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A big day for little legs: plants galore
My friend asked me if we wanted to go for a coffee, it’s been a while since we spent any time together. So I suggested we meet at the the park which is filirther away, then go for a pub lunch. Frank walked for an hour before we headed to the nursery. His little legs…
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Garden series Part two: planning my garden for next year
More flowers and plants for today. After realising that my garden only has flowers on the deck I need to work on my flower beds. So I have done a bit of research on gardener ms world and reading my gardening books. It is really making me want a green house so I can pop…
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Gardening series Part one: Planning my garden for next year
I am thrilled with my garden but my decking is full of flowers and my beds are just green. I love the green and the white wisteria when it blooms. I also love the pale yellow Rosa Banksiae and I know that it can more beautiful, more colour and flowers. It’s important to know what…
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In the garden: seeking advice
I talked before about creating a heritage garden filled with flowers that remind us of loved ones. Sue, Gavin’s mum knows her stuff. We needed a few things fixing in the house so Rosco is helping us inside whilst we were gardening outside. Rosco helped my clematis by adding new pegs and wire, it is…
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A moment in time: planning
We have been living in our home for 6 years now. It’s a lovely little Victorian/ Edwardian terrace house built in 1905. We love it. The man who lived before us had the foresight to plan the front of our house. He planted a camellia bush and grew it like a hedge. This year we…
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Creating a heritage garden
I am so lucky that we have a little garden. It has decking that needs repaired and painting. A table and chairs that needs sanding and painting. And two long beds that house are bigger plants. Gavin’s mum is a bit of a plant whiz! She can name most plants and when she digs something…
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Our wedding day set up!
We got up at 7.30 and we were both mentally exhausted from the week. Planning a wedding where you have to bring in absolutely everything is so hard. Our wedding day set up was a labour of love, blood sweat and tears. Except on the Tuesday when we legally tied the knot we didn’t really…
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Darling Dahlias how does your wedding bouquet grow?
In April I started planting my dahlia tubers with the intention that these beauties would actually end up in my bouquet. I find that cafe au lait Dahlia are far superior to peonies in looks, just not smell. This summer is a Dahlias dream with hot sunny days and me watering the pots like a…
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A Scented home:I’d rather not but some things are out of my hands
Day 5 scented 30day blog challenge Well this is going well. I am using my Instagram to challenge me to get writing everyday again. So yes, the majority of these blogs are written on a red London bus and spell checked on my very short lunch. So I do apologise. And I am loving it.…
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