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The Providores

November 10, 2011 by Veronica Peerless

Now here’s an pair of unusual and low-maintenance pots. They’re outside The Providores, a restaurant on Marylebone High Street which is always packed, whatever the time of day. The executive … Read more

Fennel

November 7, 2011 by Veronica Peerless

We had a disaster with our Florence fennel at the allotment this year. Bar a couple of plants, it all bolted, and once that happens the bulbs are too tough … Read more

Shed heaven part 2

November 3, 2011 by Veronica Peerless

I’ve never noticed this shed before, even though it’s on the way to my allotment. I’m not sure what the roof terrace bit is for – is it a sunbathing … Read more

Soho

October 31, 2011 by Veronica Peerless

Only in Soho, I would wager, is it possible to see two prostitutes and an apple tree within a few feet of each other. No sooner had my friend Vicky … Read more

Faking it part 3

October 29, 2011 by Veronica Peerless

This isn’t a gratuitous cat pic, lovely though Cleo is – I wanted her to walk on the lawn but she wasn’t playing ball. As you know, I don’t like … Read more

Burgundy

October 26, 2011 by Veronica Peerless

Here’s a nice autumn combo: a grass and a sedum: Eragrostis curvula ‘Totnes Burgundy’ and Sedum telephium ‘Karfunklestein’. The sedum’s dead flowerheads should look good into winter and the grass … Read more

Grassy Knoll

October 24, 2011 by Veronica Peerless

Neil Lucas, grass expert and owner of Knoll Gardens in Dorset, says that grasses look best backlit by the sun. And of course he’s right. He couldn’t have asked for … Read more

Winter bedding

October 21, 2011 by Veronica Peerless

I find this pot a bit depressing. It’s perfectly nice and everything, but the sight of it makes my heart sink a little. Let me explain. This container contains all … Read more

East Dulwich

October 18, 2011 by Veronica Peerless

I think this is what’s known as a ‘riot of colour’. I once glimpsed an elderly gentleman in the doorway of this unusual house on a busy main road (Lordship … Read more

Vegmead

October 16, 2011 by Veronica Peerless

I do like a bit of serendipity. No sooner had I read about Vegmead, a community veg garden in the middle of a park in Bath, than I walked straight … Read more