London Cottage Garden
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Passionate garden blogger with a colourful London garden in the cottage garden style. Coram Beanstalk Reading Helper volunteer at an Islington primary school. The London Cottage Garden Blog. We are in Highgate, north London but I'm hoping people all over London will be interested as well in other towns and cities.
London Cottage Garden
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Here are my tips for having wildlife in your garden to make it a lively and joyous place for you and all the other creatures we have to share our space with. We can all find our own balance ..read more
London Cottage Garden
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I’ve discovered mail order fresh alstroemerias and am so happy to support Sussex grown flowers from @alstroemeriaben of Crosslands Flower Nursery. Supermarkets are full of them but his are something special ..read more
London Cottage Garden
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I love everything about hardy geraniums and I now buy them online from the Cranesbill Nursery who grow a huge variety and sell big healthy plants with 1.5 litre rootballs. These plants are fantastic value and if you like the cottage garden style you wouldn’t want to be without them ..read more
London Cottage Garden
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In a designed garden or a pristine perfect garden I wonder where they keep all the stuff that anyone pottering in their garden will need every few minutes? Where do they chuck stuff they don’t know what to do with ..read more
London Cottage Garden
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My garden is reassuring me that all is well underground in the healthy bug-filled soil and I can sit and wait till everything is ready to take its turn to shine. I can relax and just wait patiently ..read more
London Cottage Garden
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Nature is taking over my patch, specifically my brick paving which could look fabulous if I power washed it more often but I’m just not getting round to it. I’m put off by the mixture of water and electrical cables everywhere and so am trying to make my peace with it being black and mossy. Let’s see how that adjustment goes ..read more
London Cottage Garden
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A description of how I renewed my little pond, a vital part of the cottage garden style and feel, in the hope of encouraging even more wildlife into the garden ..read more