Garden supplies from Sam Turner

The gardens at Great Dixter.

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Here at my Copake Falls garden all day with a truckload of irresistible botanical goodies will be Broken Arrow Nursery. They will be accepting advance phone orders, too, between now and Wednesday, May 31, if there is something special you simply must have. Their website; phone is (203) 288-1026.All ticket sales from my garden will be donated to two local nonprofits I love: the Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program in nearby Ghent, N.Y., and Turtle Tree Seed in Copake.And there’s much more:Those of you who r

The Beginner.

If there’s one thing that gets my goat, its, what’s in and what’s out in gardening. Now honestly I don’t want to alienate myself, of course everyone’s entitled to an opinion but don’t you sometimes think there is a bit of inverted snobbery going on. I have always loved gardens and gardening, I like the subtle garden with foliage of different hues and perhaps white flowers giving that relaxed feeling. I am mad about the Summer mixed perennial borders which give that great to be alive feeling. The Rose borders are charming, the Scottish Heather borders can look great. Here’s the crunch, I absolutely also love the in your face loud, brash, garish front gardens which are packed with blindingly bright Summer bedding, makes me smile, makes me laugh. Picture of our front garden, I promise it was once more packed when the flower borders were wider than this. Whats not to like.

A finishing touch to the garden!  Doesn’t really make sense, gardening by its very nature can never really have what we may think of as finishing touches.

Our garden pond. Comes alive in early Spring when the frogs arrive. Join me to find what’s in the garden pond.

I don’t really like the title which I have used for this post. Makes me sound full of myself, I can assure you nothing could be further from the truth.

Courtyard Garden in Fife Scotland! well, its really part of our drive sectioned off. Take a look, see if it qualifies.

Check out some stunning Rooftop Garden Pictures From Instagram that will surely help give your roof a fantastic look!

The Royal Horticultural Society of London challenged everyone this year who could make a pocket-sized realistic garden, and people didn’t disappoint! Here are the best Small Balcony Garden Ideas from Chelsea Flower Show!

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