John Grimshaw's Garden Diary

Who would look dangerously up at planets that might look safely down at plants?

Sunday, 16 November 2014

Margaret Owen, MBE 1930-2014

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Margaret Owen, among the old fashioned daffodils she championed in Acton Burnell churchyard. The death of Margaret Owen in late October,...
Friday, 14 November 2014

Some Ethiopian plants

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The fabulous Acanthus sennii , a prickly brute of a suckering shrub with satin flowers, common in scrubby roadside places at 2500-3000 m. ...
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Friday, 17 October 2014

Autumn colour in the Yorkshire Arboretum

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Pyrus fauriei A surprisingly lovely day and the chance to get out into the arboretum revealed some really lovely examples of autumn colo...
Friday, 26 September 2014

An autumn afternoon

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A Painted Lady on Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Primrose Upward'. The warm sunny this week have seen good numbers of butterflies ...
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Wednesday, 10 September 2014

Murabilia di Lucca

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An eye-catching display on entering the show from Lumen Plantes Vivaces. I spent last week in the beautiful Tuscan town of Lucca, havin...
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Tuesday, 19 August 2014

Ruby Baker, 1923-2014

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Ruby Baker, seated where she was always to be found on RHS show days, on the dais in the New Hall, surrounded by friends (in this case Mat...
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