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Garden Visits Archive by category "Plants"

Category Archives: Plants

Smell to get well…

Beth •October 23, 2016Plants, Recipe autumn, brownies, chocolate, herbs, memory, Napoleon, rosemary
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rosemary

“As Rosemary is to the spirit, so Lavender is to the soul” – Anonymous It’s that time of year when I have to get up for work in the dark, travel across London in the dark to work inside a windowless bunker for twelve hours and then leave work and…

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Chiswick House Camellia Festival

Beth •March 26, 2015Garden Visits, Plants camellia, chanel, china, Chiswick House, courtesan
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Camellia 'Rubra plena'

              “The seeming simplicity of a masterpiece is sure proof of its grace.” So said Coco Chanel. Camellias are far from simple but no-one could deny their masterpiece status. Geometric yet organic. Structured yet soft.  Straightforward yet beguiling. Very much deserving of both adoration…

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Heavenly hellebores

Beth •January 3, 2015Plants hellebores, hybrid, poison, witchcraft, woodland
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Helleborus x Ericsmithii 'Shooting Star' in my garden.

Hellebores will always have a special place in the British garden. Early flowering, hardy and extremely shade tolerant, they provide a much-needed beauty spot on the face of bleak midwinter. To me, something about their humble, almost sorrowful, downward-facing, flowers, poking through the damp detritus of autumn symbolises hope. Hope…

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