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Silent Sunday - What you see on the streets in Coronado, CA
I've been strolling the streets in Coronado this weekend (en route to the Garden Bloggers Fling in San Francisco next week) and am amazed by what's in flower - both at ground level and overhead. This...
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San Diego Botanic Garden - with less than 11" of rain a year, the emphasis is...
Annual rainfall at the San Diego Botanic Garden is less than 11 inchesWhen foreigners visit Southern California, it's hard to grasp the concept that most areas are desert and that annual rainfall in...
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Fun Friday - Plentiful Proteas at Santa Cruz Arboretum
Very few words today, just pictures, as I've now met up with many US bloggers on their annual Garden Bloggers Fling in San Francisco, but the proteas at Santa Cruz Arboretum, just south of here are...
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California Dreaming! Visiting gardens in and around San Francisco
I never thought there would be so many unusual and interesting gardens to see in the San Francisco Bay area, but having spent the last three days on the 13th annual Garden Bloggers Fling, I have been...
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One for the wishlist in San Francisco - Keeyla Meadows' garden
The moment you draw up outside Keeyla Meadows' house in a San Francisco Bay area suburb, you know that you're about to see something a little different to the conventional California garden (if there...
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Silent Saturday - California cactus up close
Cactus flowers seen on my travels here in California - at the Ruth Bancroft Garden, San Diego Botanic Garden, Lotusland and San Capistrano Mission - all to be reviewed soon. Have a great weekend!
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After California Dreamin' - heading home to Hampton Court
Lotusland near Santa Barbara - 37 acres of horticultural wonderNearly three weeks in California and thousands of miles later, I've visited more than 20 gardens during my stay here and loved every...
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Home from California heatwave and hotfoot from RHS Hampton Court ...
Ecover garden - gold medal and Best in Show - designed by Michael ChildsHome from California at teatime yesterday and up there with the crowds at Hampton Court Flower Show today .... high temperatures,...
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Wordless Wednesday - Memories of RHS Hampton Court
Conceptual Garden - I Disappear, designed by Arek LucShow Garden - Singing Tree, designed by Clive Mollart and Clive ScottSummer Garden - Willow Pattern, designed by Sue Thomas
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Oh I do like to be beside the seaside! Drop into Driftwood this weekend - a...
Driftwood is one of two Seaford gardens opening its doors for the NGS in Sussex this weekend and is well worth making the effort to see if you like to be beside the sea. This glorious postage stamp...
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Beside the seaside II - Sandgate Close, Seaford - open for NGS this weekend
If you're off in search of interesting gardens to visit this weekend, you simply cannot miss the two that are open for the NGS in Seaford, Sussex this Sunday - Driftwood and Sandgate Close. The latter...
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Wordless Wednesday - Splendid Suffolk - Garden stories to come!
Bottle display at Wyken VineyardThe "Hot" garden at Wyken HallHelmingham HallBressinghamBressingham gardens
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Summer flower and steam spectacular at Bressingham - a great day out for all...
Few gardeners can imagine the possibility of pairing steam trains with spectacular summer borders, but the combination really does work and solves the problem of a family day out likely to appeal to...
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Broughton Grange near Banbury - a walled garden with a difference and...
The unique parterre at Broughton Grange - designed by Tom Stuart Smith When Tom Stuart Smith was commissioned to re-design the gardens at Broughton Grange as a Millenium project for the owners, he...
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Garden rooms, old-fashioned roses and fine wine at Wyken Hall in Suffolk
The Quincunx at Wyken Hall, SuffolkThe charming and unusual four-acre garden surrounding an equally unique half-timbered and gabled manor house - Wyken Hall near Bury St Edmunds - is only a fraction of...
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A sneak preview of what's in store this week - Galloping Gardener recommends...
Scotney Castle - a moated ruin with wonderful grounds - highly recommended for summer picnicsMy galloping has been somewhat curtailed recently due to family commitments, but I'm planning to get back on...
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Helmingham Hall Gardens - a moated paradise in Suffolk
Helmingham Hall in Suffolk - a moated 16th century property with 10-acre gardenA late spring, followed by a heat wave in July have done little to dent the charm of the gardens at Helmingham Hall in...
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Coton Manor - a garden for all seasons in the heart of England
Coton Manor is a 17th century house built of local stone, overlooking 10-acres of gardensIn my first garden foray to Northamptonshire this week, I was able to visit two very different, but...
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Wordless Wednesday - A walk at Scotney Castle in Kent
Scotney Castle is open daily at this time of year - well worth a visit, particularly in the afternoon sunlight.
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The Galloping Gardener © Recommends Best British Gardens - A Directory
The following is a list of gardens in the UK and Europe that I've visited personally since I started this blog in 2009. It's growing all the time as I continue to visit more gardens. The list is by no...
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