by jenny.monds | Jun 19, 2026 | BLOGS
This peony is one of a bunch which I found irresistible in a local shop (during a quick stop for a pint of milk). An impulse buy which makes me smile every time I enter the room for the delicate pink and cream flowers, their exuberance, and their wonderfful...
by jenny.monds | Jun 19, 2026 | BLOGS
I don’t know if you feel the same, but I love wisteria-time. I look forward to lots of flowers – snowdrops – the first daffodils, bluebells – but especially wisteria. Perhaps it’s the time of year. By the time the wisteria is out, there are usually...
by jenny.monds | Oct 27, 2025 | BLOGS
This year has been regularly described as a ‘bumper year’ in the UK. Apple trees and plum trees were laden with fruit. There are also masses of acorns this autumn, and the year is being referred to as a ‘mast year’. I had never heard the term until recently. ...
by jenny.monds | Aug 18, 2025 | BLOGS
The Small delight of sweet peas. There’s something magical about sweet peas. The way that the more you pick them, the more flowers they produce. The flowers are so delicate, with translucent petals in lovely pastel shades of blue, pink, purple and white....
by jenny.monds | Jun 25, 2025 | BLOGS
Does anyone else love lampposts? Maybe not all of the modern functional lampposts, but older, decorative ones? If you have been to Venice, you will have seen the glorious lampposts in St Mark’s Square. This splendid lamppost is in a square in Lille, in Northern...
by jenny.monds | Apr 26, 2025 | BLOGS
Is it me, or is this the blossom in the UK particularly spectacular this spring? I’ve been reading a little about Japanese ideas for a while, and Japan is of course well known for its profusion of cherry blossom. Apparently the Japanese regard the blossom as a...
