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Tree planting “the RHS way”
“The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, the next best time is now” unknown Growing a tree is a long term investment, often a conspicuous one, so you want to ensure it will thrive and perform its function in the garden by planting it in the appropriate way. It is a fact…
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Implementing complex designs
As I am working on the cottage garden design, today’s short masterclass on how to implement complex designs came in quite handy. The new winter display for the Walled Garden, a grass and white gravel knot design, was being finished after a month’s work (as narrated by my colleague who could see from his window)……
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A rambling rose
Surprisingly challenging task for me in the herb garden today, where I was asked to prune a rambling rose to fit on an arch. I had never done that and my colleague explained we were cutting back 1/3rd of the older branches to the ground, then arranging the remaining ones on the arch and shortening…
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The very special veg garden and gardeners of Wisley
Today it was the first time I ever managed to work in the veg garden and I was so excited! In the flurry of activities that the start of our traineeship was, combined with Garden events, staff leave and who knows what else (time flies here!) I never managed to get to work in the…
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My experience of the RHS
Today new staff from all the gardens (Wisley, Hyde Hall, Rosemoor and Harlow Carr) was brought together for induction day. I have been through a good few induction days in my career, and that corporate self-congratulatory feel about a lot of them has made me less than excited to attend such events. But I did…
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Planning the revamped cottage garden
I have spent quite a few nights, planning the revamp of my area, the Cottage Garden in the Model Fruit Garden, and a few daylight hours weeding it and getting to know it close up, including measuring it up and drawing a plan. The area consists of a formal garden on the left, with straighter…
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10 apples or so a day: keeps the doctor away?
After all the picking, and the rehearsal in London earlier in the month, the last six days have been full-on on apples at the Wisley Taste of Autumn Festival and one can get enough of apples, I tell you! Produce display for Wisley Taste of Autumn After a day of set up that involved me checking stored crates of…
About Me
M.Paola Andreoni
I got the first allotment in 2007 (in the UK) and started growing my own food for the first time. Learning as I went along was not enough, so I studied some horticulture. I am striving to abide by organic principles. Brexit gave me a new life in the Netherlands, and two new plots by a nature reserve.
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