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Veronica Peerless

Writer and editor specialising in gardening

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Box balls

January 11, 2015 by Veronica Peerless

In the depths of January, when there’s little around in the way of colour, thank heavens for big, fat, juicy green box balls. I like the way these two rows … Read more

Categories 365photo, topiary, winter interest Tags box balls 8 Comments

A Buddhist garden

April 19, 2013 by Veronica Peerless

I walk past this garden every day, and it gives me an inordinate amount of pleasure. Unlike pretty much every other garden in St John’s Wood, it is entirely unreconstructed. … Read more

Categories 365photo, front gardens, places, planting combinations, Uncategorized Tags azalea, box balls, buddhist, Christmas Humphreys, daffodils, forget-me-nots, primroses, Rosa rugosa, St John's Wood, Zen 5 Comments

Evergreens

April 10, 2013 by Veronica Peerless

Just off Marylebone High Street is this little mews. You can’t really tell from the pic, but the bamboos are really bushy and abundant and form a perfect screen for … Read more

Categories 365photo, planting combinations, Pots Tags bamboo, box balls, Helichrysum petiolare 'Silver', Marylebone High Street Leave a comment

Trending in St John’s Wood

March 1, 2013 by Veronica Peerless

Regular readers of this blog (hello, both of you!) will know that St John’s Wood is considered the box ball capital of Europe. Topiary has been trending in NW8 for … Read more

Categories 365photo, front gardens, hard landscaping, places, planting combinations, Pots Tags Anouska Hempel, box balls, Magnoliia grandiflora, St John's Wood, topiary, trachelospermum jasminoides 9 Comments

Live at the BBC

February 8, 2011 by Veronica Peerless

Broadcasting House on Portland Place has been under wraps for months, and now it’s £1bn extension is complete. It’s all very snazzy but I must admit I noticed the new … Read more

Categories 365photo, hard landscaping, Offices, places Tags box balls, Broadcasting House, Broadcasting House extension, fatsia, planters, Portland Place Leave a comment

Green day

January 18, 2011 by Veronica Peerless

There are often mysterious goings-on at the deconsecrated church next door to my office. Sometimes lasers light up the building for no apparent reason, and then a red carpet and … Read more

Categories 365photo, Offices, people, places, planting combinations, Pots, topiary Tags box balls, malcolm mclaren, topiary, tracy emin, vivienne westwood Leave a comment

Casing the joint

January 3, 2011 by Veronica Peerless

Today I decided to combine New Year Resolution No.1 (see previous post) with New Year Resolution No. 2 – to get fit (yawn!). So I donned my trainers and went … Read more

Categories 365photo, front gardens, hard landscaping, planting combinations, winter interest Tags box balls, cyclamen, grasses, nandina domestica, seedheads, verbena bonariensis Leave a comment

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