The Shrewd Gardener

For Clever Gardeners Everywhere

I Love Columbia Road Flower Market

Friday, October 16th, 2009

I’ve been visiting Columbia Road market again after a hiatus of several years.
If you need decent quality plants, indoor and outdoor, then this is one of the major places to drop in on a Sunday morning. These days it seems to be open for much longer than when I was visiting ten years or more [...]

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What is a park anyway?

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

Sitting in Clissold Park in London,  it just looks like a great big garden.
There are flower beds, water features (OK. Two large ponds), play areas, wonderful trees and lots of grass.
There are great parks and gardens everywhere. Cambridge has a marvellous botanical garden, Ipswich has a great park and Derby has some lovely communal spaces [...]

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Save the Sparrow. You can start this weekend.

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Save the Sparrow.

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