“There are always flowers for those who want to see them”
Winter has struggled to take a firm hold this year. The usual severity of the white, crisp frost has been light around the garden this winter ( so far) The…
Author: Di Baker
“Each moment of the year has its own beauty, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again.”
– Centre front in my mind and heart over the last few months are my roses. Living in isolation in a rural environment is quite usual although not quite so…
“The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.”
If unexpected self isolation can teach us anything, it is to be grateful for simple things that perhaps we sometimes take for granted. Our personal freedom, our health and our…
The Autumn Rose Garden
“One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. Autumn is my favourite season of the garden year. Many days and nights lately, I have…
“At the heart of gardening there is a belief in the miraculous.”
Miracles do happen as Mirabel Osler once said in the quote above and my garden is testament to this. When I first glimpsed the destruction from the ravage of January…
“There is no gardening without humility…
“There is no gardening without humility, an assiduous willingness to learn and a cheerful readiness to confess you were mistaken. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the…
“Success and failure, triumph and disaster. That is the rhythm of life in the garden.”
Like a beautiful new rose bud the new decade begins. But it is a sombre morning today to wake to the shock of the plight of thousands of people in…
“It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”
Water As the year closes and mid summer moves on the roses in the garden need some care and attention if you want the blooms to continue on into Autumn.…
