I found it in the garden today and I hadn’t realised that it was lost. It has been a forever twilight day, dank and uninviting. With feet dragging slightly and a lope of indifference, I went outside to do some necessary work, it was duty rather than desire. Within minutes it came over me, that old feeling. The oneContinue reading “GPAP – The Rediscovery”
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GPAP – Photo Bomb
Marwood Hill Gardens in April. A photograph of camassia. Who is that I spy hovering in between the blooms? Zoom in to find this little fella. This is not the first time I have re-examined shots and found more than I first imagined. This is a good thing. The picture that just keeps giving.
GPAP – Frosty the Hellebore
This photo was taken last January in Spotty Dotty’s garden. The emerging hellebore has been caught by frost, its back crystalline with cold. But these are tough customers and it shrugged it off in the lukewarm winter sunshine. In the weeks that followed we enjoyed a plethora of double white flowers, which later freely seeded underContinue reading “GPAP – Frosty the Hellebore”
GPAP – Metal Roses
Today I have been working hard an article that I am writing about Broomhill Sculpture Gardens for Devon Life magazine. Whilst sorting through the photos I found this picture of a favourite of mine. I’m afraid I can’t tell you who it is by or what it is called. I can tell you that itContinue reading “GPAP – Metal Roses”
GPAP and there’s more ….
You could be forgiven for thinking that I had painted the thin cerise lines down each side of this phormium’s gloriously strappy leaves. Then you would remember that if I had attempted the job it wouldn’t be half as neat, so beautifully applied, so perfectly framing the stripes of green and cream. This plant was givenContinue reading “GPAP and there’s more ….”
GPAP Revisited
It is always the same. I start a task with great gusto and then gradually the enthusiasm fades. What makes this far worse is that I shout about all the wonderful things I am going to do and then I have to confess that I was distracted. So here goes, the Great Photo Archive ProjectContinue reading “GPAP Revisited”
Prostanthera incisa – Cut Leaf Mint Bush
Today I visited Kay and Al at Atlantic Botanic nursery and this little beauty caught my eye. Yet another one for the Lust List!
Away Day – Knightshayes Court
Yesterday was an All Horts day trip to the National Trust property Knightshayes Court, which is not far from Tiverton in Devon. To be more accurate “All” didn’t turn up, it was Three Horts and a friend, but no matter, we still had fun. It had after all been cobbled together at short notice, January is aContinue reading “Away Day – Knightshayes Court”
Mystery of the Goose Barnacles
Today was what outdoor, stuff and nonsense types would call “a tad bracing”. It was what I would bloomin’ freezing but mercifully dry. So this made it the kind of day especially invented for a brisk stroll on the beach wrapped up like a plum pudding. All of this was undertaken on the strict proviso that aContinue reading “Mystery of the Goose Barnacles”
More GPAP – Buzz
This photo was taken in June at the wonderful Holbrook Garden. You can almost hear the gentle buzz of bee and hum of hoverflies.
Off The Edge Gardening 