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

…granite – Lantoom. Cornish granite – Lantoom Cornish pasty. Cornish pasty St. Ewe free range eggs – Caroline George. St. Ewe free range eggs Traditional stained glass. Traditional stained glass

18th February

…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. She,…

29th August

…sweet chestnut 2019 – CHW A strange excitement at 7.20am this morning. As I sit letter writing in the study a large grey squirrel repeatedly jumps up at the glass

12th October

…Schinus latifolius Schinus latifolius (?) 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…

20th May 1897 – 2020

…Waterers, Azaleas in mid season I korolkowi on the wane. Bluebells on the wane or nearly. A little seed from Artemis under glass. 1904 – JCW We are three weeks…

17th March 1897 – 2020

…a glass of bubbly in which the snowflakes were not melting! the other guests the other guests the other guests glass of bubbly other guests at the planting ceremony 2017…

3rd February

…Red’ are still there. Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomium Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomium If you use a magnifying glass you can just see a greenhouse behind the seat. A larger and…

16th February

…one side of the gallery. It is not growing directly on the glass but on film of plastic material which filters UV light entering the building. The UV film has…

13th May

…downy beneath.Here is a picture of the underside of the leaves. I do not easily see the double hairs he refers to even with a magnifying glass. underside of the…

22nd June

…at all. After a 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…

13th July

…Photinia ‘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…

30th August

…and most of the wood holding the fibre glass in place has rotted out. > Mothers old boat 2024 – CHW A few more Crataegus species with their first fruits.Hydrangea…

21st November

…leaves are completely brown. Quercus dentata ‘Carl Ferris Miller’ Quercus dentata ‘Carl Ferris Miller’ 2017 – CHW A pheasant has hit the best bathroom window! Plenty of glass in the…

31st January

…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 in the tube because…

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…

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…

22nd February 1897 – 2020

…scenting the smaller new glasshouse. Camellia ‘Quintessence’ Camellia ‘Quintessence’ Tom Hudson’s vireya rhododendron; Rhododendron sororium aff. has a single yellow flower (TH 3769). Too tender for outside growing. Rhododendron sororium…

31st May 1897 – 2020

…good and it finished in the rain. 1901 – JCW Leave for London tomorrow, a little outside seed picked and all under glass. Pink Pearl going over. Iris germanica over,…

22nd May 1897 – 2020

…observed innumerable bright young 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…