16th February 1897 – 2020

…is in effect planning permission from the church authorities to do the work. stained glass windows stained glass windows stained glass windows 2019 – CHW Variations in camellia flowers with…

15th June

…Cornish pasty St. Ewe free range eggs – Caroline George. St. Ewe free range eggs Traditional stained glass. Traditional stained glass Sticker Woman’s Institute – Destination Wedding. Sticker Woman’s Institute…

18th February

…them to house a new George Forrest Exhibition. The papers and maps on display look original but they are in fact copes which Sian has cleverly stained to age them….

17th March

…VMH’s present and the other guests at the planting ceremony with a glass of bubbly in which the snowflakes were not melting! the other guests the other guests the other…

20th May

…Bluebells on the wane or nearly. A little seed from Artemis under glass. 1904 – JCW We are three weeks behind 1899, I picked some (most of ) the de…

29th August

…in the study a large grey squirrel repeatedly jumps up at the glass on the window. I presume that since the glass is tinted it could see its reflection as…

12th October

…(?) leaves in a glass of water. in a glass of water There was zero movement at first but tiny movements on the smallest leaves after a few minutes. Perhaps,…

22nd May

…things strutting their stuff. Highlight was the arrival of some film star (who Gerry was able to identify) in a private room with glass frontage which enabled us to look…

14th February 1897 – 2020

…decline.The film crew arrived at 8.00am and left at 5.50pm with their ‘toys’ and the odd glass of wine. A profitably day which makes me think. What they bought was…

21st January 1897- 2020

…David picked first daffodil. 1931 – JCW The first small bit of moupinense open. (Handwritten note taped in Garden Book): I put about 15-20 cuttings under a bell glass in…

31st January

…is ‘widely used in Africa for centuries’. You collect the water and then have to take a separate glass measuring jar to calibrate the rainfall. The jar cannot be left…

21st November

…Miller’ Quercus dentata ‘Carl Ferris Miller’ 2017 – CHW A pheasant has hit the best bathroom window! Plenty of glass in the bath and it seems to have survived its…

13th July

…‘Pink Crispy’ just cut back but with partially mottled leaves Photinia ‘Pink Crispy’ Photinia ‘Pink Crispy’ Lots of glass behind the garden centre. All neat, tidy and well laid out…

22nd June

glass of wine somehow the depression lifts when one thinks about new species to try in catalogues and in our nursery beds. Tom Hudson’s email today about a Litsea/ Lindera…

31st May

…– JCW Leave for London tomorrow, a little outside seed picked and all under glass. Pink Pearl going over. Iris germanica over, moving a good few bulbs. Granite soil came…

8th May

…I picked some Santa Maria and Emperor under glass. I pavonia open. 1901 – JCW A full 10 days behind the above, though one or two azalea are open. 1897…

19th May

…the trophy which is Dartington glass and then to the Burncoose stand for more smiles and snaps. The public crowd in and I am glad not to have had a…

13th May

…do not easily see the double hairs he refers to even with a magnifying glass. underside of the leaves To which Allen replies: Yes, these hairs are not always easy…

9th May

…and dry wind. C reticulata over, Montana rubra coming, Auklandii ⅓ open, Recurvas open, other things (daffs) over. 1901 – JCW Picked the first seed pods, H Irving under glass….

7th April

…Cyclamineus at the glass door starting to open on Jan 26th was quite fresh on this day, a late season, some Magnolia kobus – stellata – conspiscua and denudata purpurescens….