Tag Archives: “My Garden Age”

“Flowers are Friends”

In this wettest of summers, the garden has kept growing at a furious pace, weeds and all.  Everywhere is endlessly green.  Perhaps this is the real green party :-). The trouble is that the rain and the green get relentlessly … Continue reading →

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“My Garden Age” 2

It’s a windy apples-off-the-trees blow-away day.  Signs of summer fading fast.  Early autumn breeze wrestling with the browning leaves. Yet the garden still has much to give in its green old age.  The last flush of the roses as beautiful … Continue reading →

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“My Garden Age”

My Grandfather was a professional gardener, who worked for a garden enthusiast and writer – Avery Tipping.  Together they renovated several manor house gardens in the Chepstow area of Monmouthshire.  At one time there were over 40 gardeners working for my … Continue reading →

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