WildflowersThis update is to launch off the Garden Portfolios with a new collection called Wildflowers.Scott Fillmer·May 19·3 min readPortfolioCatalogGardenYearly
2004 Annual Garden PartyIt is 1pm and in two hours our annual Garden party starts. We have nearly everything ready and Paula has just gone to get the food.SimonCox·Aug 29·1 min readFollowGalleryGardenHome
Shitaji-MadoI have finally got around to finishing off the machiai by installing the missing wall complete with a shitaji-mado - a built-in bamboo window lattice.SimonCox·Jul 10·4 min readFollowGardenHome
Lower Garden Area Re-vampThere's not been much going on in this area, but since we put out a new raised platform this whole area has come alive for us.SimonCox·May 30·1 min readFollowGardenHome
Our Annual Garden party!Today is our third annual Garden Party. We had the first one to celebrate rebuilding the garden and had so much fun that we decided to do one every year.SimonCox·Aug 24·1 min readFollowGardenHome
New garden water featureI have installed a new water feature in the garden at the back in the raised bed. Paula and I visited the Ideal Home Exhibition in March where they had several fantastic stainless steel water features…SimonCox·May 26·3 min readFollowGardenHome
Winter is upon usWe have not had any snow or ice yet and only a very little frost. The garden is getting ready for a cold Jan and Feb.SimonCox·Jan 3·1 min readFollowMiscHomeGarden
New Bamboo!ur visit to Coolings Garden Centre found us a stunning coloured-cane bamboo. The garden's blooming beautifully with saxifrage still flowering since April.SimonCox·Jun 22·2 min readFollowHomeGarden
Clematis go inI made a small trellis, from bamboo that I had pruned out of the garden last month, which I have dug in with the first clematis up against the fence.SimonCox·Jun 4·2 min readFollowHomeGarden
Black fenceWe have painted the eastern boundary fence black. We tried to get some more of the black fence paint that we had already used.SimonCox·Jun 2·1 min readFollowHomeGarden