A splash in Italian waters

The heat wave has had me thinking of the ways water cools a garden – the sound of it, the look and feel of it, and the actual impact that water has on the air temperature of a garden. Which…

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Posted: January 28, 2014
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Author: Sandra Ross

Picked up at Chelsea

I’ve been making plans for sowing some deep purple sweet peas I picked up at Chelsea last year. I said no to this elegant version of a grass skirt (!) but I was helpless before the wave of sweet peas…

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Posted: January 21, 2014
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Cooling down in Singapore

It’s hot! What are you doing to cool down? Perversely I’m wishing I was in Singapore, where they do delicious icy treats. The whole country is mad for good food so feeling hot is just one more excuse to tuck in. Feeling hot mid-morning? Time for an iced coffee.…

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Posted: January 14, 2014
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Author: Robin Powell

Plant envy: Amazon lily

How’s this for a showstopper – when Victoria amazonica bloomed in the South Australian Botanic Gardens in 1868, newspapers ran hour-by-hour updates. More than 30,000 people – a sizable chunk of the entire state’s population – turned up to see it…

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Posted: January 7, 2014
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Author: Robin Powell