Tuesday was such a perfect late autumn day that I decided to down tools and go on an expedition. Where to go? Somewhere which would offer both nice walking and something interesting to see. Greenwich seemed a no brainer. In fact, Greenwich offers so much to see that I could have been there a week …
Gardens
Bracken and ferns in Highgate cemeteries
Did you know that although they look almost identical brackens and ferns are very different plants? In my ignorance, I didn’t, until I showed up for last week’s gardening session at Highgate cemeteries. This is a fern, all of its leafy stems shooting up, fountain-like, from a central bole. While ferns do spread they are …
Reopening of Camley Street Natural Park
After four years of dedicated work – majorly delayed by the Covid crisis – the much loved Camley Street nature park in the heart of King’s Cross is to reopen on October 13th. 10 – 4pm, Wednesdays to Sundays. To quote from their new website: Camley Park is a unique urban nature reserve, surrounded by …
Welcome to a plantswoman’s garden in Faversham
As you walk up the street towards Sarah Langton-Lockton’s house in Faversham your eye is caught by a blood red cloud of dahlias and rose blossoms clustered around the gate to her house – a foretaste of the plantsman’s feast that will greet you in her garden. (For those who want to know, the rose …
A little slow watching
The skies are grey again here in London but on Wednesday the sun was shining on the upper reaches of the River Avon where an old stone bridge crosses it on the outskirts of Amesbury. And I was not the only one enjoying it. And for those of you who would like a little more …
Hollyhocks in Haggerston, the Grand Union – and swimming dogs
I do love hollyhocks and have just designated the perfect spot in my new garden at Hampstead Lane – if I can persuade them to grow. (A post on the garden coming very soon.) These were in Haggerston Park, where I found myself yesterday afternoon after a slightly unlikley Sunday afternoon walking tour around Hackney …
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