We use cookies on this website. To use the website as intended please accept cookies.

Friday March 29 , 2024

Blue Daisy Blog

Blue Daisy blog written by Nicki Jackson & Jules Clark - for news, views, garden design, gardening and plant observations and thoughts.

Hidcote Manor Garden

Posted by on in Garden Visits

Earlier this month I visited Hidcote Manor Garden, a National Trust property based in Chipping Campden in Gloucester.  The gardens were designed by Major Lawrence Johnston, it has many 'garden rooms' each with their own theme which is quite typical of the Arts and Crafts style.

Continue reading
Hits: 5811 0 Comments
0

RHS Wisley

Posted by on in Garden Visits

Having never been to RHS Wisley before I wasn't sure what to expect, I was hoping it would be pretty amazing and inspiring - it was that and a whole lot more!  After a full day there we'd only really seen half of it so we just had to go back the next day!!  I know, you're probably thinking how on earth did it take you so long to get around it....well plain and simple for me, there was so much to see.  I could easily write lots on the different areas we walked through but instead I'll just tell you my three favourite areas.

rhs wisley july 2010-256

Tagged in: RHS Wisley
Continue reading
Hits: 5476 0 Comments
0

Painswick Rococo Gardens

Posted by on in Garden Visits

painswick1Well, I thought I’d start my blog with Painswick Rococo Gardens.  It’s a garden we visited with college last November on a particularly rainy and miserable day but luckily for us the rain held off for the most part during our visit.  We were greeted by the Garden Director, Paul Moir and he talked to us about the garden’s history right through to present day.  Painswick Rococo Gardens is in a 6 acre setting situated in a Cotswold valley and has a rather flamboyant and frivolous nature to the design which is typical of its time.  I believe it is one of the only surviving gardens of this period of garden design history i.e. between 1720 and 1760 and has been documented as a time for the Georgians to have fun and generally let their hair down!

The home page of the gardens in my opinion really sums up the essence of the gardens well, it reads “a magazine article of 1753, describing this style of garden, finished with the line .......”You are taken to a pompous and gilded building, consecrated to Venus for no other purpose that the squire riots here in vulgar love with a couple of orange wenches from the local play-house”.”....need I say more?

Tagged in: rococo
Continue reading
Hits: 6608 0 Comments
0

Blog Categories

Tag Cloud

sweat peas legacy gift Alan Titchmarsh water conservation grey water Crocus vertical garden Ashwood Nurseries Charlie Dimmock Daffodils saving water cyclamen career in horticulture Hosta Perennial Kensington Roof Garden watering HTA patio Jekka McVicar New York Highline January garden Prince Harry movement in the garden Chris Beardshaw pollinators pests water feature reclaimed materials pollinating insects Greenhouse rock gardens Taxus Birmingham Library Laurel Lawrence Johnston watering can Nicki Jackson scented shrubs Wildflowers grow your own Snowdrops Acuba heatwave Trees Absorb pollution Winter shrubs Geranium roof garden Spring shrubs ha ha acer garden advice at home RHS Chelsea Horticulture Buxus Urban Heat Island sound in the garden snow stonemarket rococo green spaces John Massey Echinacea hydroponic Mrs Loudon Chelsea Physic Garden lawn care Kelmarsh Hall form alpines Wisley edible garden show winter garden November garden planning your garden RHS Tatton Park James Wong Decking show gardens structure bees Matt James March garden poppies herbs women and work award October garden Chelsea Flower Show Levens Hall winner autumn garden productive garden doddington hall wild flowers cottage garden garden room hard landscaping Moss Bank Park Stone Lane Gardens Urban Heat Island Effect CorTen Sophie Raworth Horticultural recycled materials traditional style composting roof gardens February ash water June garden plant pots Alys Fowler RHS Malvern August garden Selfridges Roof Garden garden Tom Hart-Dyke garden design Cut flowers Berginia Briza maxima National Trust Hidcote Malvern Hills Joseph Banks Cambridge botanical garden Stoneleigh cottage gardens herbaceous borders HNC Narcissus sunflowers topiary house plants Rachel de Thame Herb National Gardening Week Coastal plants NSALG Lantra ornamental grasses courtyard twitter Ilex Herb garden Seed sowing hosepipe birch April garden gardening on tv paving rosemary Fleece surfaces Gardeners World colour in your garden Great British Garden Revival Cloches Berberis repetition basil BBC sorbus Achillea February garden pond July garden RHS Hampton Court Joanna Lumley Capability Brown gravel bulb display build contemporary Monty Don rainwater harvesting timber garden focal points Garden Planning kitchen garden RHS terracota front garden GYO September garden Blue Daisy Phyllostachys nigra Shrubs Bamboo plants Glasshouse Carol Klein drought eco-friendly bulbs CorTen steel garden design trends Joe Swift spring garden summer garden Kew Gardens Cosmos astrosanguineus unity water butt Horticulturalist London deer blue wildlife December garden Euphorbia Malvern Spring Show garden design tip kerb-side appeal Futurescape Floating Paradise Gardens of London Highgrove Toby Buckland May garden elm Events & Shows spring bulbs

Welcome to Blue Daisy Blog



Our Promise

promiseWe work hard to keep our customers happy.  We work to a voluntary customer charter.

Peace of Mind

simplybusinessWe take our responsibilities seriously so we're insured through Simply Business.

Click on the logo for our Garden Design insurance details. For Gardening details see our gardening services page.

Proud Members Of...

landscapejuicen... The Landscape Juice Network where we interact with other professional gardeners, designers and landscapers.