Totem Poles at Stanley Park, Vancouver
Well, hello from Canada! I have definitely been very indulged; we’ve seen some incredible gardens here. We’ve also seen some amazing fauna, from bears and racoons to deer and squirrels.
I thought I’d Continue reading
My garden is decidedly orange at the moment. Orange Acer, orange Parthenocissus, orange Anigozanthos, orange Clivia, orange Banksia, orange, well, oranges Continue reading
Aloe and Cotyledon at Melbourne Botanic Garden
I’ve fallen in love with succulents. Which has come as a bit of a surprise. Admittedly, they are plants; you probably think it is par for the course for me to rave on about them. But these are succulents. You know, solid Continue reading
Daylilies by the lake in Regent’s Park, London
This time last year I was in the UK…and what a wonderful time of the year it is for gardens. It’s that perfect point where growth is full and generous, yet still fresh and new; foliage unblemished, tall and Continue reading
View of the Opera House as we came in on the ferry
Constantly changing colours accentuate the amazing form of the building
Not to be content with fireworks at least 300 days of the year, each winter, Sydney presents ‘Vivid’: ‘a unique event of light, music and ideas’. Each year, I think, ‘it’s just a some Continue reading
And so back to Australian gardening, after a little foray to Chelsea, with something really quite special.
Tropical colours with a native twist at ‘Saturday’
The garden of ‘Saturday’, named after the owners’ favourite day of the week, didn’t jump out at me at first glance. It was one of the nicer front gardens in the Balgowlah Heights neighbourhood and the Continue reading
Matthew Keightley and Prince Harry’s Sentebale Chelsea 2015 garden. Photo: The Frustrated Gardener
For the second year running, Matthew Keightley has won the Chelsea People’s Choice Show Garden award. Pretty good, eh? So why is it that the judges only (like, most of us would be fussy) awarded him a silver-gilt, for the Continue reading
Rhododendron luteum in Dan Pearson’s Chatsworth garden. Photo: The Frustrated Gardener
I don’t think I’ve come across a garden so unanimously loved as Dan Pearson’s Chelsea 2015 offering. Everywhere I look, everyone I speak to, all seem to be awestruck.
Usually there is Continue reading
Chelsea Flower Show 2015. Photo: The Frustrated Gardener
I’m bursting with excitement! It’s Chelsea time.
And what a fabulous year it is. Whilst it doesn’t open for a few more hours and the awards and medals have yet to be announced, I’ve already had Continue reading
Bright, autumn colours combined in a surprisingly delightful way with bold succulents at Cruden Farm
I think I have found it. A garden that scores 100 out of 100. Even in dreary old late autumn. Continue reading
Janna Schreier Garden Design 