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From olive trees to Peruvian lilies – what is thriving in the garden (opens the original)
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The National Garden Scheme’s open-garden season is fast coming to a close for 2026. On the 27th will be my final broadcast this year on BBC Radio Sussex’s Sunday Gardening programme with Pat Marsh, when I will be outlining all the gardens opening for the scheme for the remainder of the year, across both Sussex and Surrey. There will, hopefully, be a catch up on the Sunday before Christmas, with information on some of the early openers, in their centennial year of 2027. Fingers crossed I will hav
Why wild plums and sea kale are among my late summer garden favourites (opens the original)
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We recently had a long weekend away, staying in a lovely hotel in Hampshire, near Romsey. While there, we visited three National Trust properties and gardens. Sadly, it was during the incessant heat, so the gardens were not looking their very best. That said, we spent a few hours at Hinton Ampner and had a very enjoyable visit wandering around, despite the heat. The garden still looked good but the lawns were very brown indeed. Back home again, I was able to pick quite a nice crop of wild plums
Charity visitors, lavender blooms and goldenrods – life in the garden (opens the original)
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In all the 16 years that I have been opening my garden for the National Garden Scheme, no one from their head office has ever been to visit. All that changed a couple of weeks ago when the lovely duo of Vicky Flynn (media and communications manager) and Christina Plowman (social media and digital content manager) took it upon themselves to come and see the garden for themselves, after seeing and using the many images I have supplied over the years. What’s more, they came bearing gifts too. They
How 401 visitors made a challenging garden season so worthwhile (opens the original)
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It has been such a dry hot summer it’s quite amazing anything in the garden has survived. I shut the garden back on August 2 for the 2026 open garden season. I have to say it was a highly successful season, despite the intense heat and near drought conditions, I managed to keep the garden looking lush for visitors with the help of many drought tolerant plants, like the mangave, pictured, on the upper patio in front of the large gravel bed, which has coped very well too. Drought tolerant planting
Scorching heat, homemade cakes and overseas guests (opens the original)
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Back on August 2, I shut the garden gate for another year. I’m surprised to say, it was a highly successful season, despite the intense heat and near-drought conditions. Little did I know, when I opened the garden gate for visitors back on June 1, that the upcoming season would be one of the most challenging in the 17 years since I began, back in 2009. Despite the intense heat, 401 visitors pre-booked to see the garden; this number would have been higher, but for the cancellations of bookings, a
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