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2023-09-02

Hot Colors are Here

Yay! Bright Pink If you have read this email a few times you will probably have seen that I like bright pink. The good news is that the world is catching up with me. I am happy to report that pink is everywhere. It makes me so happy. Unfortunately, I can’t take credit for the…

2023-08-01

The Scoop on Summer Staking

Summer staking keeps the garden looking fresh for the rest of the gardening year. There is a nice way to do it and a sloppy way. Learn what you can do to make your garden sail through summer and into fall

2023-07-10

Highlights from the Chelsea Flower Show 2023

What were the latest trend in garden design at the Chelsea Flower show 2023. Join author and educator – Jenny Rose Carey as she shares a few of her thoughts about this year’s show

2023-05-11

The Chelsea Flower Show – A Spring Tradition in London – 2015 – 2017 (More in next blogs)

The Chelsea Flower Show is held annually in May at the Royal Hospital Grounds on the banks of the River Thames. It is a treat for the senses and an inspiration to the thousands of people who visit each year. I have been lucky enough to visit many times. I have delved back into my…

2023-04-07

Magenta Maligned – Flower Color in the Garden

The color magenta has been a controversial one in the garden. Learn what some famous garden writers have said about the use of magenta – the Pantone color os the year 2023 and see jenny Rose Carey’s top 10 magenta flowers to try in your garden this year to be on trend

2023-03-01

Sowing the Seeds of a Flowerery Garden

Choosing which seeds to sow Seed sowing is one of the ultimate gardening pleasures. Tucking tiny brownish bundles of potential beauty beneath your potting soil is a lesson in hope and expectation. My Head Gardener, here at Northview Garden, Hanna von Schlegell, and I spend a lot of time thinking, and occasionally debating which flowers…

2023-01-28

Snowdrops and Galanthomania

An Enchanting Winter Flower – Snowdrop – Galanthus Gardening Quote for February Snowdrops – ‘The more species and varieties you grow, the more you come to appreciate their finer details and differences, whereas those who are strangers to the subject think that all snowdrops are alike, even taking offense if is suggested that they are…

2022-12-21

Winter Seed Sowing in Old Milk Jugs

Sowing seeds in winter using old plastic milk jugs is an easy way to grow hardy plants. Learn how in this easy to follow series of photos with clear instructions.

2022-12-13

Winter Gardening Book Reading Suggestions

If you are like me, the active part of the gardening year is so busy that there is little time left at the end of the day to read all the books and magazines that I have on my pile. Consequently, the time for reading is winter, and then reading becomes one of my ultimate…

2022-10-20

The Leaves Come Tumbling Down – and Then What?

A guide to managing your fallen autumn leaves ‘Autumn is not the sad time it is supposed to be. Darkness falls at five o’clock, and the garden is cold and wet, but it is a season of planning and expectation… Even the fallen leaf is food for future years of foliage and fruit, and promises…