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A subtropical suburban oasis in Wandsworth, south-west London designed to defy the depredations of global warming, garden pests and kids without recourse to carbon emissions, chemicals or cranial damage.

Monday, May 31, 2010

Great Dixter

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This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, real...

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Show time, part 3. A quick whiz round Wizzers

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As I said in my last post, VP and Patientgardener were staying with me ahead of their visit to the Chelsea Flower Show, and when we finall...

Show time, part 2. Rob's party

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So, I'd been to press day at the Chelsea Flower Show (see previous post), I'd scuttled home to write my piece for The Independent a...

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

It's show time. Which means it's party time

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Blogging wasn't supposed to be like this. When I started my blog, two years ago, I'd envisaged sitting alone in my attic, the comput...

Saturday, May 22, 2010

A diversion to Chelsea

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I was going to tell you all about Great Dixter, wasn't I? Well, I will, when I get a minute. I've been busy this week, because as we...

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

London: the Sissinghurst Sisterhood

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On the way home from Malvern with Gail and Frances, the weather improved a bit and the forecast for the following day was quite good - cold,...

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