Victoria's backyard

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.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

The second-month itch

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Grrrrr! I'm feeling grumpy today. There's nothing annoys me more than the prospect of a cold spell in February - just when one is it...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Snowdrops and other excuses for a day out

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The snowdrop season is upon us; indeed it has been lurking in the wings for some time. The Royal Horticultural Society sent me this photogra...
Sunday, January 22, 2012

How cold is your garden?

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I was intrigued to see that the US Department of Agriculture is to unveil a new hardiness zone map this Wednesday, which I'm sure will c...
Friday, January 20, 2012

What price privacy?

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When I was in Seattle last July, I had the very great pleasure of meeting garden writer Marty Wingate, whose latest book, Landscaping For Pr...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Small colourful visitors brighten a January day

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I have never failed to find something interesting to see at Wisley, the Royal Horticultural Society's garden in Surrey. It doesn't m...
Friday, January 6, 2012

Treading on my dreams

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Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light a...
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