9th September

…see the formal picture. The current Great Gardens members in the walled garden at Trewithen The current Great Gardens members in the walled garden at Trewithen An inspection of the…

9th April

…a great height. As big a group of arrivals as I have ever seen together before they moved off northwards. This is three days after I saw the first swallows…

2nd April

…Nurseries stand. Burncoose Nurseries stand The Great Gardens of Cornwall stand. Great Gardens of Cornwall stand 2022 – CHW Nearly a frost last night and some hailstones which did not…

29th May

…from Crûg are different and very probably correctly named So no great revelations and more research needed. We ought to propagate Ilex kingiana. Asia has grown Ilex cornuta and Ilex…

12th July

…be £120m. Some bet! sycamores A decimated leylandii hedge with Trachelospermum and Hydrangea seemanii being encouraged to climb up the remains. A great idea for dealing with leylandii! leylandii hedge…

23rd November

…week Edwina found, in the archives, an account of my great uncle’s death in the Great War and I include it here for (further) posterity. How my great grandfather ‘gardened’…

27th January

…dahlia, asters and fruit will be “great for a change” they say but it is a bit early for autumn colour. The RHS used to have a Great Autumn Show…

26th March

…‘Plena’. He writes one of the nicest thank you letters that C & B have ever received. Competitors but great and longstanding friends – rather ‘old school’ if I am…

6th March

…Bjuv, Sweden, is making a great show now in Kennel Close. Magnolia cylindrica ‘Bjuv’ Magnolia cylindrica ‘Bjuv’ 2023 – CHW High pressure over the UK so the fine weather continues…

15th December

…an exceptional year for holly berries in the run up to Christmas but, looking around at the common holly trees which usually perform well, there is not a great deal…