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…
Category: Stories
“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…
A new year is simply the turn of a calendar page — and a beautiful chance for us to turn over a new leaf.
It is customary in Australia to ring in the New Year with the excitement of fireworks, parties, friends and champagne but also the good intentions of new year resolutions. I…
Christmas is the day that holds all time together.
All we need in Australia this year for Christmas is RAIN. Apart from wishing for rain my hope is that everyone enjoyed a wonderful Christmas with family and friends and…
“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller”.
My love of travel and exploring the world is quite a contradiction to that of growing a rose garden. So how can I bring them together in my life and…
“I’ve always felt that having a garden is like having a good and loyal friend. ”
I love inspiring quotes. At times I’ll come across a quote that rings so true to me and is exactly the sentiment I had thought of but not quite been…
Who killed the Lady of Shalott?
The Summer glow that radiates from The Lady Of Shalott Rose is one of the reasons it is my favorite rose. The colours are rich, in shades of deep apricot,…
