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May for me is my favourite month, everything is looking lush and fresh, and all plants are still so vibrant at this time, before a lot of the foliage has deepened to the true colours of summer. I’ve been away from Harlow Carr for one and a half weeks holidaying in Germany and then down at Chelsea on...
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The spring sunshine certainly made a difference to the garden this week, not least because the gardeners were able to strip off their thermals and bask in the warm sunshine! The gorgeously scented Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ is still surprising visitors in the scented garden – a must have winter...
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One moment I was on the snowy slopes of Les Correz in the French Alps bathed in glorious sunshine, skiing ……..the next, in the woodland at Harlow Carr marvelling how a few days warmth has breathed colour and life back into one of my favourite areas of the garden,(well, apart from the main borders!)....
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It’s been wonderful here at Harlow Carr this week! After two week of snow on the ground this week has felt very much like spring has arrived!! The birds are singing and every day more and more crocuses are popping up their brightly coloured heads! It has been a real pleasure to be outdoors cutting back...
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It has come to that time of year here at Harlow Carr when the garden looks lovely with autumn colour and the workload picks up the pace a little, lots of leaf clearing, bed clearing, container emptying and general tidying up. Last week the bulb delivery arrived, so much of the preparations this week...
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