
A Poinsettia is not just for Christmas
02.12.2014Top tips for keeping that much loved Christmas plant alive. We've tested a plant sensor and mixed it up with some good old gardening knowledge...
Top tips for keeping that much loved Christmas plant alive. We've tested a plant sensor and mixed it up with some good old gardening knowledge...
Founded by English gardener John Tebbs, The Garden Edit redraws the traditional boundaries associated with shopping and the garden by bringing together a modern collection of products that embody functionality, timelessness and beauty.
What an amazing gardening-video, published by "Nowness, for the culturally curious"... Enjoy.
The Zurich Succulent Plant Collection is one of the most impressive of its kind, covering more than 4750sqm and displaying over 6500 plants. We visited the collection and brought our good old 35mm camera.
by zoe | 02.05.2014 | hamburg , botanical garden | 0 comments | Rating: 1 votes
When we were younger, my sister always lived up to the stereotype of the oldest child – she was incredibly organised… bossy… interfering… sorry, I’m getting carried away. But organised she was and she liked to bestow order on everything over which she had control, including (but not limited to) her book collection, which she arranged in alphabetical order and wrote a catalogue for. If I wanted to borrow a book I had to fill in the appropriate paperwork before I could leave her bedroom.
To be fair, this was a very sensible approach – she had an excellent awareness of her belongings, knew immediately where to find each one, and always had a record of who had borrowed any of her books so that she could chase them up and bully them if she wanted to.
Not everyone has this attitude at the age of ten. Not everyone appreciates order even as adults. But for those who do, then utilising a theme to plan your garden design can be a rewarding approach. And if this is a route that you choose to go down, then the Hamburg Botanical Gardens are a great source of inspiration. The three areas of their garden are organised according to three different themes:
As well as being a great source of inspiration for garden design, the Hamburg Botanical Gardens are a great source of inspiration for new plants to grow in the garden. Check out some photos of the spring flowers below.
Of course, if Hamburg seems a little too far to go, there are many more local options. There are fifty different botanical gardens, arboretums and pinetums in the UK from the Isle of Wight to Inverness so they’re a great place to go to seek inspiration
I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree - Joyce Kilmer (1913)
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