Wednesday 27th December Walking in the sun….. The trees over looking the boating pond against a cloudless sky…. Even playing tennis over in Waterlow Park. Thursday 28th December Walking in the rain… The trees over looking the Boating Pond… But the Mandarin ducks sure were enjoying it!
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The garden at Hampstead Lane – stage 5 – desert to white out – autumn/winter 2022
Following on…. While the mimosa tree and the shrubs were making themselves at home at the back of the garden I turned my attention to the hot, dry and sunny bank that runs down to the huge fish tank window to the study. We had covered all the new soil with the wonderful coir netting …
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The Garden at Hampstead Lane – Year 1 – arrival
I have been promising for some time to bring those of you interested in gardening up to date with the garden at Hampstead Lane. So for those who love to watch a garden being created, posts over the next few weeks (or possibly months) will take you through its evolution from spring 2020 till now …
Catch up
I am very aware that it is several weeks since I posted here – and that my image box is laden with pictures from Chelsea Flower Show, Queen Mary’s rose garden, the heath, the cemetery and even my developing garden here….. So, this is the start of a quick catch up. A family picnic a …
The shire horses come to the heath
On a packed weekend at the end of February the England National Cross Country Championships returned to Hampstead Heath after two years of COVID – nearly 8,000 runners sploshing squidgely through the deep mud generated by recent heavy rainfall. This was not only extremely hard going for the runners but turned large swathes of the …
Another update on The Elms….
Some of you may remember that back in December I posted about The Elms in Fitzroy Park because I had been contacted by Fiona Mather, great, great, great granddaughter of Otto Gossell who had lived at The Elms between 1874 and 1888 – and she had much to share. Well, now I have been contacted …