The Anxious Gardener
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David Marsden, a gardener at two country houses. GMGA Blog of the Year 2015. Likes Biggles, Beagles and Bagels. Indifferent to Bugles.
The Anxious Gardener
7M ago
It’s because of elephants. I am incredibly excited about my trip but if it wasn’t for elephants, I wouldn’t be going. I really wouldn’t. It doesn’t seem so very long ago that I wrote a post about finally taking the plunge and studying for a BA at the University of Gloucestershire. And yet now, too ..read more
The Anxious Gardener
1y ago
Can you believe it’s been over six years since Jim and I cycled along the Rhine from Mainz to Cologne? Why, we were practically children. On that occasion it was the sheer number and variety of castles that stick in my mind. And on the cycling holiday before that, it is the vast, resinous pine ..read more
The Anxious Gardener | A Gardening Blog. Mostly
2y ago
Here’s the first part of a post about a house Jim and I bought in the summer of 2005. It’s one of a (not very) regular series of posts about gardens and houses we’ve owned over the years. (Being so very historic, you’ll need to excuse the quality of these pre-digital photos – or don’t ..read more
The Anxious Gardener
3y ago
Covid hasn’t gifted us the best of years but, for me, it had one good outcome. It nudged me in a new direction. (It also sent darkness, doubt and isolated me from family and friends but hey, let’s concentrate on a positive). Two and a half years ago, I was a full-time professional gardener in ..read more
The Anxious Gardener
3y ago
Is it time for a gook giveaway? I think so. ‘American Gardens’ by Monty Don and Derry Moore is published today, with an RRP of £35.00. Here’s your chance to win a copy courtesy of your quite friendly, neighbourhood Anxious Gardener. If you didn’t watch the TV series, the press release explains all you need ..read more
The Anxious Gardener | A Gardening Blog. Mostly
3y ago
Once Upon a Time – in early May of last year – I spent a week in The Lake District with Jim and his parents. I started writing a post about our trip several months ago but grew increasingly distracted as Covid settled amongst us and my world shifted. Like you, I’m still pretty distracted ..read more
The Anxious Gardener
4y ago
If I haven’t written much for The Anxious Gardener recently, I have been writing other things. And, back in September, I was invited to submit an article to Garden Answers. My offering was accepted, and it appears in the February edition. I can’t reproduce the whole ‘Garden View‘ piece, I’m afraid, but the magazine is ..read more
The Anxious Gardener
4y ago
Here’s is the second of my (cough) regular posts on preparing our house and garden for sale. A (cough) short while ago, I wrote about the house Jim and I bought in January 2016, its poor state of repair, its interesting decoration. Just renovating the house would gobble up our allocated budget: new kitchen, new ..read more
The Anxious Gardener
5y ago
I’m very fortunate that my study window looks out over the canal. It’s a grand view if an awfully distracting one. My eyes lift from my laptop all too easily as people walk, cycle, jog or paddle past my window; or a mute swan glides about on still water. Moorhens aren’t so good at gliding ..read more
The Anxious Gardener | A Gardening Blog. Mostly
5y ago
Yesterday, at their invitation, I drove to The Cotswold Wildlife Park near Burford in Oxfordshire. I hadn’t been before and only a complete cupcake would say no to an invite for a free lunch, a guided tour by head gardener, Tim Miles, and free access to the Park, its marvellous animals and lovely grounds. Lunch ..read more