The musings of a chef-caterer turned estate gardener, digging, pruning and cultivating my way through a year in the garden. Thursday, October 25, 2012. Out, and I love how they contrast with the secondary bloom of the Encore azaleas behind.

We take a lot of photos and we thought it might be fun to share a photo from our garden or travels each day. Rather than share these on our. Exotic garden blog Alternative Eden. We thought it would be good to start a new site dedicated to these photos. The photos we share will sometimes be from the days events but sometimes will relate to our thoughts or particular memories. If you want to ask us about the photos please click on the date under each one to access the comments section.

Andrew Turvey - The Plant Doctor. Sunday, 10 June 2012. In search of a Saturday morning activity, I discovered a craft business called The Make Lounge based in Highbury and Islington. There were only three spaces left on their hardback bookbinding workshop. I booked at 8am and started the course at 10. Our instructor Suzanne was great and took us through the steps which made the three and half hours fly by. Wednesday, 6 June 2012.

10 tips for using metals in the garden. Shiny, lustrous, rusty or painted, metals can be used both structurally and decoratively in your garden. Here are some ideas on how to use and care fo.

Is a retail micro-nursery located on scenic Sauvie Island, 15 miles northwest of Portland, Oregon. Offers Mediterranean climate, southern hemisphere, hardy tropical plants, and more. The nursery and wander through the display gardens, or browse our Plant Lists. And have a small piece of the nursery sent to you through the mail. Plants are our passion, and sharing our treasures with fellow plant lovers is our joy.

Sequim Garden Show This Weekend, and Other Events! Chelsea. Northwest Flower and Garden Show.

Sunday, February 4, 2018. Three more seed grown peonies come into bloom, these are also from the American Peony Society. This is their first bloom, many more will bloom next year and I imagine that even these plants will look a bit different as they get stronger. A species rose I grew from seed looks rather nice, but its blooms are short lived. Not sure which one it is though. The exquisite little flowers of Virginia stocks, Malcomia maritima, make a showy splash.

Happy Valentines Day - which reminds me that our hearts should be focused on healthy vegetable gardening - why not consider growing our own from seed this year? Here is a pretty good reason why you might want to bother growing your own seedlings this year. You set up a lighting unit. You buy a plant timer. You use a propagtion mat. You use the best organic potting soil.

On with the plants! To navigate this site use the links above or the detailed links at the bottom of this page. The garden is full of flowers and most of them are Primula. There are about three months of the year when I wish I still had a bench in the greenhouse devoted to Epimedium. A few years ago all of the Epimedium. And all of the Roscoea. They were growing in a section of the greenhouse that I had cleared specifically for the Nerine.