Grenville's Blog archive

A trip down memory lane via our garden. Blog 26

Posted on 21 Dec, 2008 5 comments

Alan is a professional photographer, so it's extremely helpful to be able to call on his skills when I request photographs of plants or the features...

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Winter container interest. Blog 25

Posted on 18 Dec, 2008 11 comments

First of all a big thank you to Spritzhenry and Andrew our fellow G.O.Y members for their recent informative and interesting Blogs on winter...

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Our appearance today on B.B.C 'Gardeners World Top Tips' programme. Blog 24

Posted on 11 Dec, 2008 17 comments

Just to let all our G.O.Y friends know that 'Gardeners World Top Tips ' programme featured our garden again today on Thursday11th December 2008....

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Decorating for Christmas using 'recycled' and 'redundant' materials. Blog 23.

Posted on 6 Dec, 2008 31 comments

I have to admit that I love decorating the house for Christmas.
I suppose I'm still a child at heart, and when I look back to my childhood in...

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Yearning for Spring colour! Blog 22

Posted on 23 Nov, 2008 17 comments

I expect we are the same as many of our fellow gardeners on G.O.Y in the U.K in that we just can't wait until spring arrives again next season....

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Tags: Colour Spring

Evening falls over the garden, and the shadows begin to take over.....Blog 21.October 21st 2008.

Posted on 21 Oct, 2008 17 comments

In Blog 20 we mentioned that the Stumpery is lit at night, so here are several photographs that were taken this evening as night -time began...

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Tags: stumpery

The new stumpery. Blog 20. October 21st 2008.

Posted on 21 Oct, 2008 8 comments

The wonderful part of gardening is that it never stands still. There is always something that can be 'fine tuned' or improved upon. We decided...

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Tags: stumpery

Container planting for autumn & winter colour. Blog 19

Posted on 15 Oct, 2008 17 comments

As the autumn and winter approaches we regularly alter some of the planting schemes in our pots, urns and containers. Each container is treated...

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Tags: containers

Combining colour,pattern, texture and form in planting schemes.Blog 18

Posted on 10 Oct, 2008 9 comments

Using colour, pattern, texture and form are the most significant aspects to consider when using plants in the garden.
Another aspect that we...

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Colour theming for seasonal interest. Blog 17.October 2008.

Posted on 9 Oct, 2008 18 comments

Colour theming is an exciting and highly creative element of gardening.


We colour theme areas of the garden to provide seasonal interest...

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Plan for changes in your garden, and sometimes wonderful surprises can happen! Blog 16

Posted on 5 Oct, 2008 21 comments

This is the story of what has happened to our garden over the last four years.Sometimes when we look back on all the fabulous adventures we...

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Tags: plans

Celebrating the Victorian Stumpery. Blog 15. September 17th 2008.

Posted on 17 Sep, 2008 17 comments

A stumpery is a Victorian garden convention. Huge hollow tree stumps were placed in shady garden settings, and the stumps were filled with...

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