Day 331: Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy'

Still on the subject of trees for small gardens, Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ deserves a place towards the top of the list…

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The Gardens, weeds & words podcast, Series 1 Episode 5

For episode 5 of the Gardens, weeds & words podcast, I’m joined by Kate Bradbury, author of Wildlfe Gardening and The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, to talk about the wildlife in our gardens, and our relationship to it. There’s the usual seasonal garden sountrack, a micro review of two more of my favourite gardening books, and some really bad piano playing. So, all in all, a fitting way to see out the year. I do hope you’ll join me.

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Posy practice

You may consider the assemblage of flowers and foliage won from the garden into posies an appropriate activity for a big ’airy gardener. You may not. But if it’s good enough for that Dan Pearson, it’s good enough for me.

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