Sir Sandford Flemming Park in Halifax, Canada now has two towers stretching skywards, carving out distinctive vertical planes. The new arrival is not as tall or venerable as the early 20th century Dingle Tower commemorating the establishment of responsible government in Nova Scotia. Although it may be the shorter of the two, it represents a […]
I was interviewed this week by N Quentin Woolf for the Londonist. It’s a wide-ranging conversation around council housing, its history and the controversies which surround it. You can find the podcast here: http://londonist.com/london/housing/londonist-out-loud-and-he-lives-in-a-council-flat
…The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there… Twenty days until little munchkins all over the world will be jumping from their beds to see if what they have been dreaming about is under the tree. Well, the tree is trimmed, and the decorations and […]
via Tis the season — NewEnglandGardenAndThread
Jude, aka the Undergardener aka Mrs Greenbench, and I love special plants that give extra interest at their own specific times of the year. The Cyclamen we plant in pots each autumn fall into this category and they give exceptional interest with their flowers and their foliage despite of their diminutive size. We also grow […]
This Christmas, the National Trust are hosting over 760 events and celebrations across the country, from winter markets to festive craft workshops and beautiful light displays. To mark the start of the seasonal celebrations, the charity is showcasing 1,000 handcrafted and decorates Christmas trees at Wallington, a stunning 17th century mansion and grounds in Northumberland. […]
via Lighting up the night with Wallington’s 1000 Christmas trees — National Trust Press Office
In March’s ‘The Opportunist’ we unveiled plans for the development of a new Winter Garden focused around ten West Himalayan birch trees planted in the spring of this year. Following a successful summer in the ground those trees have now begun to establish, and the autumn which followed presented yet another window in which to […]
In the mid-90s, a publisher suggested to the eminent horticulturalists Beth Chatto and Christopher Lloyd that they write a series of letters on ‘life and gardening’ to be published as a book. ‘Dear Friend and Gardener’ is the result of that suggestion, a cosy fireside delve into the chatty, gossipy, and wholly fascinating missives that […]
Many of you in cold climates don’t get excited by a photograph of a deciduous tree turning colors in the fall, but on October 19th we were driving back to Flagstaff from the Grand Canyon when I saw a few yellowing aspens (Populus tremuloides) along Highway 180 and felt compelled, as someone visiting from a […]
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