I revisited a cute little garden/park in the weekend that I once upon a time used to walk through pretty much every day. When you move house things tend to […]
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Inspirational garden designs – w24-2022.
“An addiction to gardening is not all bad when you consider all the other choices in life” (said by Cora Lea Bell). You could quite easily replace gardening with gardens […]
Read moreA bird situation.
There is currently a bird situation going on. If us humans and other threatening species are not being subject to rather scary flyovers by seagulls, there are warning signs in […]
Read moreOn the lookout for new deckchairs.
I’m on the lookout for new deckchairs for my terrace. I have a vision of a stylish rather low wooden foldable chair with armrests. No too much of a recline […]
Read moreWriting on the wall.
Writing on the wall often refers to an ominous warning; a prediction of bad luck. It can, however, just be what it says. Like here, for example, names carved into […]
Read moreBonsai – the ultimate in garden design?
Went to a neat little exhibition at the Botanical Garden here in Gothenburg yesterday. A chap called Magnus Svenningsson who’s been working with and had bonsai trees as an interest […]
Read moreInspirational garden designs -w23-2022.
Well, it’s been quite a week for me. But great garden design inspiration keeps on coming. And how brill isn’t that? Below follows some outlooks I found particularly interesting, they […]
Read moreBordering on perfect garden city.
Spent the day in Enköping, Sweden learning about perennials, annuals and ornamental grasses. It was a grey day initially. Sadly it went from bad to worse, soon it was raining […]
Read moreGarden delights of Stockholm.
Today again went on a train journey, swishing through the Swedish countryside, eventually ending up in Stockholm. Am about to go on another field trip learning as much as I […]
Read moreMatch blooms with the house colour.
“I always, always match blooms with the house colour”, I heard a garden designer say not so long ago. In my part of the world, most house facades come in […]
Read moreUnfortunate garden areas?
I live on the west coast of Sweden, which is roughly classified as USDA plant hardiness zone 7a. For this country this is a fortunate growing zone. The northern parts […]
Read moreHad to say goodbye…
The other day had to say goodbye to one of my indoor plants. You develop a relationship with your plants over the years. It was therefore with some guilt that […]
Read moreBenefits of pleached trees.
Pleaching is a technique for training trees and shrubs into forms that don’t come naturally. It goes back to at least medieval times and might therefore be considered somewhat, well, […]
Read moreGardens @ Hampton Court Palace.
Festivities in connection with celebrating Queen Elisabeth’s Platinum Jubilee in Britain is well underway. A great occasion for me to convey some pics from a visit to Hampton Court Palace […]
Read moreInspirational garden designs -w22-2022.
Whoever said that to be happy for an hour you should get drunk but to be happy for a lifetime, plant a garden, missed an opportunity: to get drunk and […]
Read moreSpectral Self Container.
Colourful art works (not graffiti mind you) adorning public places are not that common. At least not where I’m looking. As colour makes me happy, I was rather pleased to […]
Read moreA fine place for learning plant knowledge.
What a fine place for learning plant knowledge! Told previously about this forthcoming event. Today it took place at the Alnarp location of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). […]
Read moreA stroll over to Slottsträdgården
I’m in Malmö, in the most southern part of Sweden, to do courses (field trips) in plant knowledge. The courses actually take part just outside the city but this is […]
Read moreRenoir. 40th Ed.
Some years ago I was on holiday in Cagnes-sur-Mer in southern France. It was an interesting stay in many ways. One day out and about I found myself standing outside […]
Read moreLooking at rain gardens.
Up the road from me the local authority has recently constructed a new secondary school. Walking past post-completion I have many times admired two small gardens at the back of […]
Read moreEspaliered trees as garden design.
The origins of espaliered trees are uncertain. At some point, however, there was a brainwave making gardeners aware that fruit ripened more quickly when trained against a sunny wall. It […]
Read moreEverybody loves a lawn.
That a freebie newspaper can offer so much valuable information. Such as the fact that everybody loves a lawn. According to the Enquirer, a media resource providing readers in upmarket […]
Read moreInspirational designs -w21-2022.
The al fresco season just keeps on coming. Sun is shining and the weather is sweet. Ish. In my part of the world the sun rises at 4.32 and sets […]
Read moreBlooming curb appeal.
Who can resist the pull factor of these floral decorations? Not anyone walking past that’s for sure. The blooming curb appeal has all passersby’s attention. Many photos have been taken. […]
Read morePlant of the week – Echium pininana.
Plant of the week, Echium pininana, has a number of common names. Bees Magnet is not one of them, but which I think would be highly appropriate. You can’t see […]
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