
And for those of us left behind, what better day for tuning into Gardeners' Question Time, where there'll be some familiar voices amongst the questioners – Bernard, with his credit-crunch vegetables and my father-in-law with his unyielding blue clay. 3pm today, 2pm on Sunday, and for the rest of the week you'll be able to pick it up on the BBC iPlayer.
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The National Gardens Scheme Open Gardens event at the weekend was a huge success – over 350 people came to visit and they all but ran out of cakes at the Mount House (although I think that may have had something to do with the fact that word had got around about Diane's fabulous cakes – and I can confirm, they were indeed fabulous, and I'm not given to easy praise where cakes are concerned). The gardens were of course spectacular, too. I wish someone would show me how to do a proper herbaceous border. Mine always just look like odd bits of plants dotted around interspersed by bits of earth the dog has had a bit of a dig at and flattened clumps of catmint that the cat has sat on. Ah well, maybe one day...

Loving that title! Oh dear we're a bit soggy and grey here to greet the Garden Club, although it's supposed to brighten up later. Brilliant attendance at the Open Gardens event - those must have been some cakes!
ReplyDeleteThe gardens holiday sounds like a good idea. Nice herbaceous border pic. I love the Yellow Gardens scheme as well and at least this summer it it more 'summery' so we can enjoy the gardens and the cakes too.
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