I love the sight of a silver-lined oak leaf and December is the month to find them.
via The Sussex Weald: the realm of the ancient — Daniel Greenwood
Nigel Boldero aka 'Old School Gardener'
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- 12 tips to save time in the garden (12)
- A musing: odd thoughts (21)
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- Mrs. Murphy's Laws of Gardening (14)
- New Zealand 2019 (19)
- Norfolk in poetry- Jack Kett (13)
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- Plantax- the stories behind plant names (21)
- Planting Patterns- wow factor pictures (41)
- Play (205)
- Playful Landscapes- examples (9)
- Portuguese Gardens (31)
- Power of 7- tips (24)
- Recycling projects (110)
- School and childrens' Gardening (81)
- Soils and soil improvement (62)
- Style Counsel: snippets on garden styles (13)
- The Essence of Gardening in 12 Objects (12)
- This and that (1,492)
- West Country Gardens (24)
- Wildlife and Nature (419)
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Recent Posts
- HOW TO GROW BLUEBERRIES FROM CUTTINGS — The Garden of Eaden
- Salvador Dalí: Gardens of the Mind — GardenRant
- Midwinter Fire..in Spring
- PLANT POISONOUS TO DOGS AND CATS — The Garden of Eaden
- Play in the Garden – 7 tips for summer success
- Crash, bang, wallop — The official blog for the North York Moors National Park
- Good Plant, Bad Plant, Native and Non-Native. Is it That Simple? — GardenRant
- Old School, Spring Sun
- That Gnawing Feeling — gardeninacity
- Nowhere — C.B. Wentworth
- The South Downs: the Sullington yew — Daniel Greenwood
- These “Inspiring” Gardens are Hilarious — GardenRant
- Café Majestic — Salt of Portugal
- Our Norfolk Holiday – The Railway Station at Holt — greenbenchramblings
- March in the Garden- 10 Top Tips
- Building a Dream Community: Daybreaker and Its Inclusive Global Dance Floor
- The Buy Nothing Project
- Designmuseum Danmark
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- Postscript: The Time is Growing Short
- #FungiFriday: fungi giveth and they taketh away
- An immodest proposal for Jeff Bezos’s Earth Fund
- 5 Reasons Why Gardeners Must Go Peat-Free
- Avebury Atmosphere
- Devauden – an Appealing Church
- Jekka’s tips on maintaining your herb plants in early spring
- Purposeful Play: Connecting Play and Learning in Preschool
- February in the Garden- 10 Top Tips
- Is child-friendly planning a luxury that only rich cities can afford? — Rethinking Childhood
- Houghton Hall Part 2 – The Gardens — greenbenchramblings
- January Awakenings — pbmGarden
- Queensland’s ‘sedated swill’ at 8pm — TIME GENTS
- Gardening for Climate Action — GardenRant
- Oakley Mynd – a wildlife garden with views — greenbenchramblings
- Talking at Time and Tide – Part One — Shine A Light
- Architect holds the code to the future of residential design projects — Specifier Review
- Thursday Doors — NewEnglandGardenAndThread
- #FungiFriday: snuffling for shrooms in midwinter — Daniel Greenwood
- Pteridomania — My Botanical Garden
- SKIMMIA JAPONICA ‘RUBELLA’ — The Garden of Eaden
- Houghton Hall Part 1 – Richard Long at Houghton — greenbenchramblings
- Going with the FLO — The official blog for the North York Moors National Park
- Frank Lloyd Wright’s Desert Inspiration — gardeninacity
- 2019 Media Perspectives on Play – An Even Dozen — PlayGroundology
- Perth newspaper vendor, Jimmy could make beer run up hill — TIME GENTS
- Council Housing in Shrewsbury, Part II: the Post-War Housing Drive — Municipal Dreams
- New Zealand 2019: #20- Doubtful Sound, Fjordland, South Island
- Council Housing in Shrewsbury, Part I: ‘Shrewsbury’s first garden suburb’ — Municipal Dreams
- The wines of Wine & Soul — Salt of Portugal
- New Zealand 2019: #19- Hot stuff, Rotorua
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