Where was I? As much as I’d love to be a full-time gardener, spending every moment toiling in the soil, life has a habit of drawing your attention away from what you love. Sometimes it is to do things you would rather not, and other times life hands you opportunities too good to refuse! Last week was one of the good ‘not to be missed’ … Continue reading Where was I?
See Ya Later Summer Gosh what the heck happened to February? It’s bad enough that it’s the shortest month, but the speed with which it whizzed by has left me sitting here in March in a bit of a dazed shock. I had started January with such great intentions and had put some pretty great systems in place and was feeling optimistic for the year … Continue reading See Ya Later Summer
Welcome to Summer. It is almost like November never happened! One moment I’m happily doing my thing, tending seedlings getting ready for the season ahead and sharing it all with you and then next thing I’m listening to Christmas carols in the warmth of early summer! It has been a bit of crazy period. Since I last updated, I was throwing myself in to preparations … Continue reading Welcome to Summer
Soaking in Wonderful Gardens – Part Three. This was only supposed to be a two-part story, sharing all the wonderful things from my incredible weekend away with the New Zealand Garden Trust. But in the words of my favourite 17th century Philosopher Blaise Pascal, “If I had more time, I would have written you a shorter letter”. But it isn’t just the time, I don’t … Continue reading Soaking in Wonderful Gardens – Part Three.
Soaking in Wonderful Gardens – Part Two I’ve saved the exciting bits of the >New Zealand Garden Trust< Conference down in Blenheim until last. Telling you all about the gardens. I hinted at them on my social media, but you don’t get much of a word count there and certainly a limited number of photos you can post there. I took a squillion photos (well … Continue reading Soaking in Wonderful Gardens – Part Two
Soaking in Wonderful Gardens – Part One I have been away again. And of course there were gardens involved. And really nice gardens at that. Although when is a garden not a nice garden… I was invited to attend the New Zealand Gardens Trust Conference which was held in Blenheim this year. The NZGT is a fabulous organisation that curates and rates all the best … Continue reading Soaking in Wonderful Gardens – Part One
50 Gardens in one Month It isn’t often you can say you have visited over 50 gardens in one month, but this November that is what I did. Well, if I’m completely honest – a few were in the very tail end of October and one of the gardens was mine, so the exact tally is a little hazy, but it was all part of … Continue reading 50 Gardens in one Month
I’ve been away again. But the best kind of away. I put on one of my favourite hats to do my job as a Botanical Tour Guide for Botanica World Discoveries. I hosted a bus load of garden tourists across New Zealand over two back-to-back tours. Firstly, it was the NZ Taranaki Garden Spectacular and Private Gardens Tour followed by the NZ Private Gardens and … Continue reading I’ve been away again.
