Another week has passed and we are inching, or should that be centimetering, towards Blaen Cwndu September NGS opening date. The summer solstice looms, reminding us, all to clearly, of the inevitable decent into autumn. I hate midsummer. Perhaps hate is too strong a word, but it certainly unsettles me. The switch in my headContinue reading “National Garden Scheme – An uneasy harmony”
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National Garden Scheme – Hard Stuff
Although I am loathe to admit it, however many fabulous plants we introduce to a garden, what often makes it work, sets it off to be its best self, is the hard landscaping. The unyielding to my yielding. The frame for my painting. What is fortuitous is that my clients at Blaen Cwmdu love aContinue reading “National Garden Scheme – Hard Stuff”
National Garden Scheme – Working Party
I’ve been a little tardy posting about our NGS progress at Blaen Cwmdu Farm. I could give a hundred reasons, some might even been true. However, none of the excuses are consequential and we must console ourselves with “better late than never”. On a Bank Holiday at BCF, if at all possible, we like toContinue reading “National Garden Scheme – Working Party”
NGS – Countdown – Bring it on!
My esteemed clients at Blaen-Cwndu Farm, Gareth and Alison, have decided to open their garden to the public as part of the National Garden Scheme. I am not coming to this task as an innocent. Cliffe Garden in North Devon, where I worked for 8 years, was open every day from 1 April (appropriate) toContinue reading “NGS – Countdown – Bring it on!”
Accidental
I accidentally visited an open garden the other day. It was a happy accident. I was staying at Peggy’s, for our monthly Texas Hold’em and spam fritter night, and Welsh Ann tipped me off that her friend CJ was opening his garden the following day. It would have been rude not to make the smallContinue reading “Accidental”
Off The Edge Gardening 