I’ll happily admit I’ve become obsessed with gardening this past few months. We moved here in summertime and I immediately set about creating flowerbeds, sourcing plants, and planning where we’d sit to enjoy it all the following spring. Spring has arrived, but it’s often only on rainy days like today that I really pause andContinue reading “The art of stopping”
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Growing, day by day
It’s wonderful to watch plants grow in springtime. This is my first spring with a garden, so everything is extra exciting! The first bed I made here has really started to fill out this week, with plants like hosta, viburnum and geum unfurling and blooming in the daylight. I wasn’t expecting the latter (pictured below)Continue reading “Growing, day by day”
Pinks, purples and reds
The sunshine has brought quite a few plants out of dormancy lately. I snapped some photos of what’s blooming (or beginning to appear) in my little garden this week: In the next few weeks I look forward to sharing stories about biodiversity at Eddington (NW Cambridge), and an interview with artist Clare Halifax, who recentlyContinue reading “Pinks, purples and reds”
Here, there and everywhere
I watched Love & Mercy, a film about the life of Brian Wilson last week, and it inspired me to listen to lots of songs by both the Beach Boys and The Beatles – bands which until now I’d only listened to a handful of songs by. My dad made me a playlist and fromContinue reading “Here, there and everywhere”
Before the April snow
What a random week, weather-wise: sunshine, heavy cloud, and now snow. That’s Britain, right?! I managed to spend quite a bit of time in our little garden neatening the beds and watering pots before the frost arrived, and during that time I took the photos below. I’m looking forward to the sun returning and watchingContinue reading “Before the April snow”
Saturday morning finds: violets, tulip ice stick, daffs
It’s a gorgeous sunny morning in Cambridge, and while weeding the back garden was fun(!) I enjoyed exploring what’s blooming and taking photos much more… That’s it for now! We’re setting up a herb ladder today which will be interesting. Wishing you a lovely restful weekend ahead, 🌞 Katherine
The first days of spring
There is quite a bit going on out here now, and several times this week I’ve heard an exceptionally loud, huge bumblebee zooming around the garden. In the coming weeks I’ll definitely take photos of the other bulbs popping up around the place. It’s a small garden but we’ve crammed quite a lot in asContinue reading “The first days of spring”
Signs of spring
I spent around four hours in the garden this weekend, pulling up weeds and clearing leaf debris to make space for what’s unfurling across my little flower beds… A note on seedlings…Confession: I began talking about spring a little prematurely this year, and followed seed packet guidance that we can begin sowing cosmos, sunflowers etcContinue reading “Signs of spring”
The final days of winter
Don’t wish your life away, my wonderful nanna would say if she could hear me this morning, counting how many days we have until the rule of six returns here in England. And she’d be right – even during these weird, quiet times in which most of us can’t meet family or friends in person,Continue reading “The final days of winter”
Winter garden diaries
Before we officially welcome spring with open arms, I thought I’d share what I’ve been up to this winter in my own little garden. Ours is a new-build garden and started out with nothing but a whole lot of turf last August. Since then I’ve been making some flower beds – gradually breaking up theContinue reading “Winter garden diaries”
Cambridge Flower Journal 