About a week ago I peered out of my bedroom window at my fern bank under the slatted aluminium steps running down from the balcony to the garden. What was going on with those ferns? Not a lot it seemed. Then I noticed what looked like three dead brown fern stalks which I must have …
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Urban Sketchers at Mile End Park
To my shame I had never heard of either Mile End Park or the Urban Sketchers but, thanks to sketcher extraordinaire, Alison Gardiner who sketched the musicians at the Highgate Society concert a few weeks ago – I was introduced to both on Sunday. The park stretches from the bottom of Victoria Park in Hackney …
The garden at Hampstead Lane – stage 3 – autumn 2021 to summer 2022
The autumn of 2021 started well in the garden. My first thoughtless purchase of trellis to separate us from the garden at number 31 was replaced by proper fencing that I painted charcoal grey to match the back wall. Defying the builder’s predictions of destruction, I then splurged on three jasmine officianalis (two white and …
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Chelsea Flower show – only a month late…
Thanks to my good friends from the Korros Ensemble I was invited to Chelsea Flower show this year courtesy of Lady Frances and Sir Jack Petchey (the sculptor Frances Segelmen and her husband) who were hosting a reception in Andy Sturgeons’ Gold award winning ‘Mind ‘Garden. Korros were there to entertain the guests – and …
Sculpture in the City
Nothing to do with Hampstead Heath and very little in the way of green, but if you fancy a really fascinating walk, can I suggest an hour or so wandering around the insurance district of the City of London taking in the annual Sculpture in the City exhibition. And while you are there do also …
Queens Wood and Shepherd’s Cot
If you head north east from Highgate Village you will cross the Archway Road into Shepherd’s Hill, a wide avenue lined with late Victorian mansions running down to Crouch End. Turn left down Priory Road, follow the footpath to Queen’s Wood and then head down the path on your right. This will take you along …