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Quotes

Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.
-Charles Dickens

Sea change

woodbridge garden flowers

Woodbridge garden flowers

The unrelenting, cold wet days since April had even the hardiest of gardeners struggling to be out and about and yet, despite this lack of intervention, the  procession of plants pressed on regardless. Feeling somewhat redundant I sought a brief change of outlook on the East coast, coincidental with escape from the hyperbole that is Chelsea flower show . Read More…»

Hawthorn: A Gift from the Birds

Hawthorn blossom

Hawthorn Blossom

As a ‘sprigling’, this Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna) was growing in the lee of a sycamore tree, so I moved it three years ago to a more favourable spot. Living up to its name of Quickthorn, I now have to curtail growth by hedge-pruning it. Pity really not to let it have it’s way but 30 foot would be a bit over the top! Read More…»