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A Plantsman Nursery – Holden Clough

By on May 3, 2012 in Garden Visits, photos

Nurseries that specialise and grow there own beat garden centres with pantechnicons delivering foreign grown plant in massive car parks. Well you can’t complain at the sight of these Heuchera and other plants growing in Holden a small hamlet near Bolton by Bowland in Lancashire with its own plantsmans nursery as the main employer in the hamlet.

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Lily Photos not Associated with Spring

By on May 3, 2012 in Garden Visits, photos

Beware garish garden centres selling plants that defy belief or at least defy the seasons. A Lancashire garden centre was selling these lilies in full ‘April’ flower when the daffodils are still opening in the local hills..

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Inverewe Garden and Rhododendrons

By on November 20, 2011 in Garden Visits

Victorian gardening meets the Gulf Stream at Inverewe with it’s marvelous Rhododendrons and Loch side views. If you can’t visit check out what you are missing below

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Yorkshire Gardens to Visit

By on September 15, 2011 in Garden Visits

Nine of the best gardens open to the public in the UK and particularly Gods Own County Yorkshire

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Alpine Vista Mista

By on June 27, 2011 in Garden Visits

Missing posts on this site can be put down to my Alpine holiday in Austria. Mist on the hills was a small problem for my photography but it meant there were fewer walkers around to disturb me and the cattle on the Alpine pastures. The surprise for me was the volume of Rhododendrons clinging to [...]

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Plants and Gardens of Madeira

By on May 7, 2011 in Flowers and Plants, Garden Visits

Monte Palace Tropical Garden 3 Miles from Funchal at Monte there is a tropical garden dating back to the 18th century. You can access it by 21st century cable car and return on the toboggans. 70,000 square meters of garden include Proteas, Cycads, Acaias, Sequoias and Azaleas representing all the continents. Close by is the [...]

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A Tour of The Garden

By on May 3, 2011 in Garden Visits

A quick tour of one of our Gardens from the Gardeners Tips team. The garden is located in Menston, Yorkshire, England.

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Royal Wedding Garden Party

By on April 1, 2011 in Garden Visits

If there is no street party near you when William & Kate get hitched why not invite some friends around for a drink and look at your garden. You could always create a quiz based on what your visitors may spot as they walk around. Judging by the couple of photos I have selected it [...]

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Exotic Gardens to Visit in the UK

By on March 15, 2011 in Garden Visits

In the UK the South West is the obvious place to start your visiting tour of gardens containing exotic plants.

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Tips from Holland Park Japanese Garden

By on March 5, 2011 in Garden Visits

Birds fish and water also feature alongside plants in many Japanese gardens.

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