The New Vintage Garden
Monday, 13 January 2014
by caroline
The New Vintage garden I am looking forward to a time when we might once again feel attracted to the idea of the beautiful, graceful old vintage garden with its herbaceous borders, follies, pergolas and vintage style walls and steps. Wall papers are creeping back into house design; floral upholstery fabrics and curtains are
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Kew gardens in the Autumn
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
by caroline
My favourite time of year…
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Ed Garland Xmas trees – to order – no mess to your door!
Monday, 09 December 2013
by caroline
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Christmas wreaths and garlands by Caroline Garland
Monday, 09 December 2013
by caroline
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Christmas garlands/Christmas wreaths
Saturday, 07 December 2013
by caroline
Caroline Garland makes beautiful natural Christmas garlands/Christmas wreaths incorporating fir cones, nuts, gourds, ribbons, cinnamon sticks, rafia, lavender tied up with rafia, twigs, berries, ivy, dried fruits or christmas “baubles”. The wreaths are 12 – 14 inches in diameter (which will grace most London front doors as you can see in the photos below) and
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Amelanchier lamarckii as described by Caroline Garland
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
by caroline
Amelanchier lamarckii or Snowy mespilus or Juneberry Family: Rosaceae Amelanchier are small erect deciduous trees or quite large shrubs with an open habit and showy white flowers in early spring.. They have red to purple fruits and have bronze-tinged young leaves turning orange and red in autumn. It is elegant and delicate. It grows eventually
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Clapham garden, work in progress. My astroturf garden! Designed by Caroline Garland
Saturday, 26 October 2013
by caroline
This garden is now complete, see the finished garden here » This was the state of the garden as we found it. It was a tiny garden at the back of a beautiful new development. The fence to the left was sitting on a wall and on the other side was the public pavement. The
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Sisyrinchium striatum or pale yellow-eyed grass ‘Aunt May’ as described by Caroline Garland
Monday, 05 August 2013
by caroline
Sisyrinchium striatum ‘Variegatum’ or pale yellow-eyed grass ‘Aunt May’ Family:Iridaceae Sisyrinchium can be annuals or rhizomatous perennials forming a clump of narrowly sword-shaped leaves with erect stems carrying solitary or clustered, star-shaped or bell-shaped flowers in spring or summer ‘Aunt May’ is an evergreen perennial forming a clump of erect, sword-shaped grey-green leaves margined with
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Gaura lindheimeri or Lindheimer’s bee blossom as described by Caroline Garland
Monday, 05 August 2013
by caroline
Gaura lindheimeri or White gaura or Lindheimer’s bee blossom Family: Onagraceae This is such a pretty plant. Graceful tallish fronds of soft white/pink four-petalled flowers which look lovely for a good length of time in any garden border. The name Gaura is from the Greek Gauros meaning ‘superb’, and relates to the striking flowers. G.
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Hydrangea aspera subsp. ‘Sargentiana’ or Sargent hydrangea as described by Caroline Garland
Thursday, 01 August 2013
by caroline
Hydrangea aspera subsp. ‘Sargentiana’ or Sargent hydrangea Family:Hydrangeaceae H. aspera subsp. sargentiana is an upright medium-sized deciduous shrub of open habit, with peeling bark and large, velvety ovate leaves. Flowers in large flat heads, purple or blue, surrounded by white ray florets. This a really beautiful, graceful shrub, often overlooked, but don’t because it is
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Macleaya or plume poppy as described by Caroline Garland, garden designer
Thursday, 01 August 2013
by caroline
Macleaya x kewensis ‘Kelway’s Coral Plume’ or plume poppy ‘Kelway’s Coral Plume’ Family:Papaveraceae Macleaya are large herbaceous rhizomatous perennials with handsome palmately lobed leaves and large airy panicles of tiny flowers. They tend to be rather underestimated but their leaves are so soft and sagey green that they fill the back of a border splendidly
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Erysimum ‘Bowles Mauve’ as described by Caroline Garland
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
by caroline
Erysimum ‘Bowles Mauve’ or Wallflower ‘Bowles Mauve’ Family: Brassicaceae Erysimum ‘Bowles’s Mauve’ is a plant that every garden should have. It manages to flower almost all year long apart from in the depths of winter. It is every gardener’s dream as it fills and flowers and looks happy and grows and does everything you want
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