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The Reflective Gardener: May 2012
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Wednesday, 2 May 2012. Garden Poems: Nurseryman's Lament. Will it survive they ask? Will it thrive they ask? What about the frost? What about the snow? How does this plant grow? Is it white or is it blue? Perhaps the pink will do. Does it like the sun? Does it like the shade? Thank goodness at last. A decision is made. What about the insects and the bugs? What about the snails and slugs? Can I, should I prune it? Can I, should I move it? Fertiliser, which is best? Those questions put me to the test.
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The Reflective Gardener: March 2012
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No posts. Show all posts. No posts. Show all posts. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Link to my web site. Australian Garden History Society. Australian National Botanic Garden. Blue Mountains National Park. John and William Gelding. Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens. Prof E G Waterhouse. Rare and unusual plants. Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Sue and Garry Reid. Tools of the trade. Click frog for current water restrictions for Sydney gardens.
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The Reflective Gardener: October 2011
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Sunday, 16 October 2011. Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens. In 2002. There have been many, so called, jocular studies of these ornaments so I was pleased to discover a serious work by the respected English garden historian Twigs Way, titled. Garden Gnomes: a History. A Sydney gnome garden. As well as looking at the mythic origins of the gnome the author discusses the different manufacturers in. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The author of this blog with. One of his larger garden companions. Approp...
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The Reflective Gardener: July 2011
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Sunday, 24 July 2011. Three cheers for the old mole. I was sad to hear that the guru of garden tools Richard Bird has decided to shut up shop. Richard is known to many as The Old Mole and was a regular stall holder at garden themed festivals and conferences in south-east Australia over the last decade or so. Richard Bird (centre) talking tools with a customer. The Old Mole display at an Australian plant fair. Sunday, July 24, 2011. Thursday, 7 July 2011. Nurseries: Honeysuckle Cottage Nursery. Honeysuckl...
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The Reflective Gardener: May 2011
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Monday, 30 May 2011. The English diarist Dr Samuel Johnson once said that "when men grow old they start planting trees". This may well be true in the 18th century but why wait now? Late autumn and early winter is without doubt the best time to buy and plant most new plants and the mild temperatures allow young trees almost six months to establish a root system before the onset of summer heat. Now what are you favourite varieties of deciduous magnolia? Monday, May 30, 2011. Saturday, 28 May 2011. Anyway e...
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The Reflective Gardener: Yesterday's Gardens
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Tuesday, 26 August 2014. I was saddened to hear of the recent death of publisher and historian Victor Crittenden OAM. 1925-2014). While I can hardly claim Victor to be a close friend he was always friendly and willing to help historians and writers that shared his research interests. Below is my old review of his important work Yesterday's Gardens. Yesterday's Gardens: a History and Bibliography of Australian Gardening Books. By Victor Crittenden [2002]. And the better known Yates Garden Guide. By the se...
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The Reflective Gardener: June 2011
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Thursday, 30 June 2011. The last rose of summer. Its now mid-winter and there are hardly any decent roses in flower. Well that was what I thought until today I saw my 'Autumn Delight' in full bloom. Thursday, June 30, 2011. Labels: Autumn Delight rose. Tuesday, 7 June 2011. The front garden at Eryldene. The Hardy Wilson designed Tea House. Eyldene, 17 McIntosh Street, Gordon (nearest train station Gordon). Http:/ www.eryldene.org.au/. Tuesday, June 07, 2011. Prof E G Waterhouse. Thursday, 2 June 2011.
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The Reflective Gardener: August 2011
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Sunday, 7 August 2011. The Blue Mountains Botanic Gardens, Mt Tomah. The name ‘Blue Mountains’ conjures up exotic images of a mysterious, ancient landscape untouched by the modern world. Such an evocative name for a mountain range seems obvious when you stare out over the blue landscape from the summit of Mount Tomah, 105 kms west of Sydney. Apparently the blue colour is caused by the optical distortion of light through droplets of air-born eucalyptus oil released from the forest below. In August 1994, r...
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The Reflective Gardener: January 2012
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Sunday, 22 January 2012. Tools of the trade: Secateurs. Some of the pruners on display at the Heritage Garden Tool Show. Secateurs were invented by the Marquis Bertrand de Moleville. He was a French aristocrat and politician who had to flee his homeland for exile in Britain during the revolution of 1789. Unlike many of his class he escaped the guillotine blade and this may have inspired him to invent the ‘cutters’ known in French as secateurs in 1815. Three 19th century secateurs from my collection.