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July Returns On September 1st
Today got sticky very quickly! The morning wasn't too bad but we had weather more reminiscent of July by noon or so. It was quite hot but the recent precipitation has made it humid as well. Our...
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Muggy But Beautiful
Today ended up being another very hot day although the morning was still comfortable (albeit muggy)! The gardens continue to look great with many perennials and annuals still at peak bloom. Our late...
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STUGGY
Above is a nice shot of the formal gardens this afternoon from the back porch above the English cottage garden. My blog title of STUGGY refers to my new word combination of STUFFY and MUGGY. I think...
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Warm Weekend Ahead
Today was another beautiful, sunny day but the heat continued! The gardens continue to look quite colorful and our annuals, like those above in the terrace garden, still are thriving with the heat....
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Delivery Day
We had some decent rain overnight and more today in two good patches. It was a "timely soaking" as the gardens suffered through a hot and dry weekend for the most part and the rainfall helped...
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Plant Sale Looming
The continued Fall Plant Sale preparations started in earnest this morning as we had a great crew of volunteers arrive to help set up the sale and price the thousands of excellent plants we've brought...
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Poised...
It was a rainy day. The gardens needed the rain for sure and this should get us through the weekend nicely. We had steady rain all morning and then some heavy showers later in the evening. The sun...
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Nice Day Out in the Garden and at the Sale!
Our Members Only Pre-Sale day at the Fall Plant Sale did some nice business today and traffic was steady. It was a beautiful day both at the sale and certainly in the gardens. I apologize for the...
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Heavy Foot Traffic
The Fall Plant Sale went well today and the traffic was quite steady. The mums were moving out quickly as seen above and we had some nice sized purchases. The sale continues tomorrow (Sunday) from 9...
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Plenty of Selection Left!
The Fall Plant Sale today was steady but despite the excellent weather, we think attendance was affected by the Packers/Bears game today. That's some tough competition! Above and directly below are...
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Dixter Diary - Day 1
Well. I'm finally at Great Dixter and was fortunate to be able to take some photos out in the gardens right away after dropping off my luggage. It has been an epic journey thus far to be sure. My...
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Dixter Diary - Day 2
I had a spectacular day today. Fergus Garrett, Head Gardener at Great Dixter (www.greatdixter.co.uk) asked me and some other students if we wanted to go to the RHS Garden - Wisley...
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Dixter Diary - Day 3
Today was another excellent day at Great Dixter with beautiful weather, more gardening, color and meeting more new people. I took my morning stroll and captured lots of flower close-ups like the...
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Dixter Diary - Day 4
Today was another excellent day at Great Dixter. The home and gardens of Christopher Lloyd are both entrancing and well known in the gardening world. If you don't know who Christopher Lloyd is yet,...
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Dixter Diary - Day 5
So in reverse order, I'd like to share three wonderful things I did on this beautiful sunny day in England. Based on a recommendation by Debbie in the Great Dixter Nursery this morning, Theis and I...
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Dixter Diary - Day 6
Today was another nice, sunny day and Thies and I took advantage of it with a trip to Gravetye Manor which was about a 1 hour drive away (Thies driving). Originally built in 1598 by Richard Infield,...
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Dixter Diary - Day 7
Today was an exciting day as the highlight was attending a talk on the Exotic Garden by Fergus Garrett this morning after our morning clean-up duties. Susan and Thies (other students) also attended...
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Dixter Diary - Day 8
Today was a rainy one and even the folks here at Great Dixter mentioned that it was damp. Above are the leaves of Melianthus major this morning (beautiful) and the local wildlife was out as well (see...
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Dixter Diary - Day 9
When I went to blog this evening for Day 10, I realized I never finished posting Day 9 from yesterday!? I fell asleep with the computer on my lap and just never added the text I suppose. Well...
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Dixter Diary - Day 10
Today started with some drizzle but ended up being quite sunny this afternoon. My full rain suit was on, then off, then on, then off, etc. When I went out for my morning stroll though, it wasn't...
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