Tag Archives: open day

Watch with Mother

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

Monday – Picture Book Tuesday – Andy Pandy Wednesday – Bill and Ben Thursday – Rag, Tag and Bobtail Friday – The Woodentops, with the very biggest spotty dog you ever did see This was a week’s TV viewing for … Continue reading →

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Meet the Collection Holders

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

As I said in a post last September, there is a long show season for our Collection Holders and Steve Hickman’s calendar for 2012 proved this to me when I visited him earlier this month.  On Sunday I met up … Continue reading →

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Little cuties

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

Joanna Jones has been out and about, and last week visited Waterperry Gardens, holders of the National Collection of Saxifraga subsect. Kabschia & Engleria.  For those unfamiliar with these little gems, it is well worth a visit.  The Saxifrage weekend is … Continue reading →

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Fumewort

Posted on March 9, 2012 by

Corydalis, member of the Papaveraceae family, common names, Fumewort, Bird in a Bush. Looking up Corydalis on the RHS website and you could think that you have found the ideal plant.  It would appear to grow in any well drained … Continue reading →

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Follow the crowd

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

Like getting out of the Underground at Sloane Square during Chelsea week, we didn’t need directions to Brandy Mount in Alresford.  We just followed the line of determined and well wrapped up enthusiasts making their way to see Michael Baron’s … Continue reading →

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Sneezeweed

Posted on July 26, 2011 by

I don’t do Sat Nav, but when I looked up the location of Janet and Martin Blow’s garden in the hamlet of Hankelow near Crewe in Cheshire, I knew that I had to give it a try.  There was no … Continue reading →

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A Collection a Day…..

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

Inevitably my good luck with the weather had to run out and my visit to Weardale was under pewter skies and fairly steady rain.   Rachel Etheridge’s collection of Geranium has been on my list of ‘must sees’ since I read the … Continue reading →

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Sweet Peas in Sussex

Posted on June 12, 2011 by

Heaven is a field of sweet peas. And this is what you get when you visit Roger Parsons’ National Plant Collection of Lathyrus  held near the Sussex coast south of Chichester. Every hue of red, pink, lilac, blue, purple and … Continue reading →

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