Back in May I shared a birthday outing with my chum Jenny. (Our Birthdays collide, although I have to bear in mind that I could actually be her mother! Ho hum.) Jenny had reminded me about the annual plant fair held on the lawns at the front of the Holburne Museum in...
Beautiful shades of willow. I have to write to tell you about a day course I attended last week, taking with me Jenny Dixon, Editor for the Cross Stitch Guild and long-time chum. Layered up against the cold, we visited Damson Farm just outside Bath. We joined Alison...
My revamped corner This is a strange little corner in the garden at Pinks Barn, just to the left of the front door. It faces north and is in front of the downstairs loo window, so doesn’t hold all that much promise. It was the log store when were moved in. I have...
Because our home is called Pinks Barn, I like to plant the garden in a range of pinks, lilacs, soft blues and mauves but this year I seem to have gone orange and this is not my favourite colour! I think I must have lost more of my dahlias than I realised, and the...
William Morris, not behaving as instructed, but glorious all the same! I am a late starter in the gardening department and there are so many things I have not yet mastered. Since my role within the Cross Stitch Guild changed, and the wonderful Andrea took over the...
I am sorry I have been neglecting you of late. I have been very busy designing and, with all the good weather, I have been up to my elbows in compost and worse. This time of year, I always feel a sense of panic in case I have planted too early, too late, the wrong...
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