Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Nov 25, 2009, 5:11 pm
Now this is a really serious message to all of my fellow bloggers out there .... please, please, please, no more awards. You can mention my blog, you can put me in your side column links, you can fol...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Nov 23, 2009, 11:19 am
The weather is so awful here in England that I'm reflecting on some of the lovely flowers I've seen this year to cheer me up! Hope you'll enjoy them too. Off to India now, so I will be c...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Nov 21, 2009, 3:46 am
In my last post I featured wonderful historic houses with gardens, and in this entry there are stunning houses, but I'm concentrating on iconic gardens with a capital "I"! Steel yourself though, b...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Nov 19, 2009, 5:04 am
There are so many exquisite gardens beginning with "H" that I can't fit them into one entry, so I'm concentrating on members of the Historic Houses Association today, because you won't get...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Nov 17, 2009, 12:54 pm
Today, I've got some really special gardens for you on my alphabet tour! From Forde Abbey in Dorset to Greenbank Garden in Scotland - they are all favourites of mine - and places that I return to...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Nov 13, 2009, 2:58 am
Delightful gardens beginning with "D" and excellent gardens starting with "E" are featured here today, starting with Denmans Garden in West Sussex (below) - created by well-known designer, John Brooke...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Nov 12, 2009, 1:22 pm
Yes, you guessed - this is me, with camera in hand! Yes I'm travelling, but still blogging, and wish to thank all three fellow Blotanists who gave me the HSA (Honest Scrap Award) - I have to say t...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Nov 11, 2009, 2:24 am
A glorious mixture of castles and spectacular camellia collections make up my choices for "C" gardens today, starting with Caerhays in Cornwall, which has some of the best camellias and magnolias I...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Nov 9, 2009, 3:32 am
In my ongoing alphabetical posts, I'm looking today at some of the best gardens I've visited beginning with the letter "B". And we start with Bateman's in East Sussex (below), one-time hom...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Nov 7, 2009, 10:10 am
As the days get shorter, I thought I'd reflect on some of the wonderful gardens that I've seen in the last couple of years and post in between the new gardens that I visit while abroad. So he...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Nov 4, 2009, 9:43 am
I really, really wasn't going to write another post before leaving on my travels, but I visited such a magical garden yesterday that I just HAD to share it with you all! It's amazing, fantasti...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Nov 3, 2009, 2:34 am
We've had a wonderful autumn here in England and these are just a few of the wonderful sights I've seen. I'm off to America later this week and then on to my foundation in India, so my ne...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Nov 2, 2009, 8:56 am
It's getting colder every day here and although we've had some beautiful clear blue skies, the frost can't be far off. I've seen a lot of fog on my recent travels, which is usual for N...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Oct 29, 2009, 3:38 pm
In my quest for winter gardens, I revisited a charming place today, which reminded me that this is also a wonderful winter garden and it's free! Highdown is one of the hidden treasures of England&...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Oct 28, 2009, 8:11 am
"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf's a flower." Albert Camus
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Oct 25, 2009, 11:51 am
Firstly thank you all very much for your helpful comments on the selection of autumn pictures in my last post - it was a close run between Greenbank Garden in Scotland (#1) and Sheffield Park, East Su...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Oct 24, 2009, 3:46 am
It's almost official - just a few hours to go and then the clocks change and winter's here! I never could remember how the clocks worked until a helpful friend reminded me - they "spring" forw...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Oct 22, 2009, 2:24 pm
Today started out cold and grey - hardly surprising as it's autumn - but I really wanted to get out and walk around a garden, and preferably one that would inspire me. I don't know why, but I ...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Oct 20, 2009, 3:01 pm
Wakehurst Place in West Sussex, is affiliated to and managed by Kew Gardens and is also houses the Millenium Seed Bank. And, like its bigger sister in London, is another good garden for all seasons. ...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Oct 18, 2009, 12:47 pm
Today I returned to Kew in my quest for winter gardens and I realised that I could happily spend the entire winter in the glasshouses! Many of you asked me to show you the trees and I promise to do t...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Oct 16, 2009, 1:19 pm
My search for winter gardens took me to London today - to the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew. It was a grey and cloudy day, but I found such joy in the Waterlily House that I shall be returning again...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Oct 15, 2009, 2:10 am
As I read my favourite gardening blogs around the world and hear that snow is falling (and see the pictures to prove it), I have to face the facts and accept that winter is coming! Many of the garden...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Oct 13, 2009, 3:12 pm
The leaves are changing colour and the sun is shining .... every day brings new autumn joys The light is fantastic ... the birds are singing and everywhere you look there is change ... Light through l...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Oct 12, 2009, 3:53 am
This morning, I got up early because it promised to be fine and I wandered around the streets of Brighton looking in my neighbours' gardens. I was delighted by what I found ....It seemed that eve...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Oct 10, 2009, 4:09 am
Crarae - one of the best woodland gardens A day out in Argyll and Bute in the autumn, with the mists rising over the lochs, the patchwork hills emerging behind and the gardens soaked with rain, is one...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Oct 8, 2009, 1:23 pm
Today the sun was shining - one of those beautiful, clear autumn days, with a chill in the air, but magnificent light - so I thought I'd visit a couple of gardens with my husband, that reflect thi...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Oct 6, 2009, 3:58 pm
Autumn is a wonderful time, even though the days are drawing in. The colours are magnificent! Enjoy!!
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Oct 4, 2009, 2:12 am
And now for those glorious Scottish gardens - I'm lucky to have friends in Mull, so my wanderings have taken me north on various occasions and the gardens in Scotland are quite spectacular in the ...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Oct 1, 2009, 12:19 pm
Autumn may be here, but Nymans Garden in West Sussex is looking stunning and I spent several hours ogling the plants there yesterday, enjoying a clear blue sky, weak, but warming sunshine and glorious...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Oct 1, 2009, 4:04 am
I just got home from the US and want to say a big thank-you to all my fellow Blotanists who voted for me in this year's awards. I've really enjoyed being part of this blogging community for t...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Sep 29, 2009, 12:07 pm
Well, it's time for me to leave Florida now and return home to the UK, but I got up really early this morning and decided to go hibiscus hunting. I couldn't believe how many of these magnific...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Sep 28, 2009, 1:26 pm
Today I tried to visit a garden that's been on my list for a while - Historic Spanish Point - on the Tamiami Trail, near Osprey and south of Sarasota. But I hadn't checked the website and if ...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Sep 26, 2009, 2:16 am
Bok Tower Gardens in Florida has got to be one of the most special gardens that I've visited this year - it's spectacular, unusual, slightly haunting - especially when you hear the Carillon be...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Sep 24, 2009, 7:44 am
I've only been here at Blotanical for a few months, but I do want to say a BIG thank-you to all of you who've helped me find my way around; made really nice comments on my posts; and sent me m...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Sep 23, 2009, 10:25 am
For those of you who regularly read my blog, you will know that I have fallen in love with Botanical Gardens. My recent forays in the UK took me to both Oxford and Wales, but now I'm in the US, i...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Sep 21, 2009, 10:16 am
Can there be anywhere more glorious than England in the autumn? And the answer will undoubtedly be yes from readers all over the world. I notice that many of my fellow garden bloggers have been talk...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Sep 19, 2009, 11:41 am
Today I visited the most charming garden and it was free. So too are the birds and the beaches that I am enjoying here in Florida. The Joan M. Durante Park is just off Gulf of Mexico Drive on Longboa...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Sep 18, 2009, 5:09 am
I know that gardens are what my blog is all about, but I arrived here in Florida yesterday to find one of the most spectacular sunsets that I've seen in a long time and I couldn't resist takin...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Sep 17, 2009, 5:38 am
As I'm going to be sitting on a plane all day flying to the US and I missed wordless Wednesday, I thought I'd just post some plant pictures today - I've had a wonderful time visiting garde...
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Charlotte Weychan posted an article on The Galloping Gardener - Sep 15, 2009, 5:07 am
Monty Don described Rousham as "one of the greatest experiences on this earth" in his book, "Around the World in 80 Gardens", and having visited yesterday, I have to agree with him - it is an outstand...
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