"Everything under the sun"

Writing: ink, tea and neckache.

On cushions, caterpillars, cats and fidgeting....

Nov 29, 2024 • 

Sue Beesley

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Wait, wait and wait a little longer...

On the joy of not cutting back in autumn.

Nov 22, 2024 • 

Sue Beesley

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Seed-brained...

‘You do know that plants can’t really think, don’t you? That they don’t actually have brains?’ Reader, I wish I'd argued back...

Nov 12, 2024 • 

Sue Beesley

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Rip it up and start again...

Years ago at a National Garden Scheme event I got chatting to another garden owner about re-vamping tired borders.

Nov 1, 2024 • 

Sue Beesley

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October 2024

Sweet, gentle October.

...and so the show goes on...

Oct 24, 2024 • 

Sue Beesley

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Trouble in the bluebell woods...

Our problem in the bluebell woods arrived much as Ernest Hemingway once described bankruptcy.

Oct 19, 2024 • 

Sue Beesley

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Behind closed doors...

P.S. - the best pictures are at the end, with an autumnal offer too....

Oct 9, 2024 • 

Sue Beesley

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Plant-a-glow-glow*

October’s shortening days can fill me with autumnal gloom or delight with a blaze of brilliant colour - sometimes both in one day.

Oct 6, 2024 • 

Sue Beesley

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September 2024

Subtle, shimmering September

Plus - visiting the homes of dead artists, and a foodie heaven in a shipping container.

Sep 19, 2024 • 

Sue Beesley

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April 2024

If a tree falls in a forest...

...yes, it makes a sound, and everything changes.

Apr 16, 2024 • 

Sue Beesley

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March 2024

Seeds, success and plundering pigeons...

We re-open this week! For Opening times and visitor offers scroll to the end.

Mar 25, 2024 • 

Sue Beesley

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January 2024

Four down, two to go...

Hang in there, Persephone.

Jan 19, 2024 • 

Sue Beesley

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