Rustic and rosy

A friend recommended Garden Trading this morning - an excellent find for gardeny christmas presents....

Can't make the link thing happen but this is the address: www.gardentrading.co.uk (or find it down the right side bar in Garden 'stuff')....

Homegrown elegance

Ok so the creator of these arrangements has her own cutting garden, but this sure beats a bunch of boring lilies. And all so easily grown - these are regular garden perennials and annuals, such as Achillea, Cornflowers and Dahlias...


The star plant, however, is Cerinthe major, gracefully drooping its glaucous blue leaves over the edge. As an annual this could be sown now or in early spring and is upright enough to stand in a window box:

Fine dining in Bedford Park

Doing a garden in Bedford Park - an area characterised by terraces of houses with white picket fencing and arches into front gardens. I love the way this bird table has been modeled on the same look.

Autumn tints

Autumn loveliness...

Breakfast at the Lido cafe in Hyde Park this morning. Japanese anemenes spotted alongside...