When I visited Sydney's Botanical Gardens, I compared their gift shop to Kew's own, and as pretty and delicious as it was, it couldn't quite compare, well, not for me. But I'll certainly make sure I visit their gift shop again, if ever I'm able to be in Sydney in the future. Sydney is an absolutely amazing and wonderful city and I loved every minute of my holiday - can't wait to walk over the harbour bridge - now wouldn't that be something wonderful to do?
So, after my last trip to Kew, I had a car load of new plants to find homes for, in a family garden which, first of all, needed to be cleared, dug and forked over, and weeded. My new plants had to go in fairly quickly, into the small cleared areas, and my gardening hours were very much controlled by the presence of the sun as it circled around and over the garden. And it's been so hot, for us here in Oxfordshire, these last few days, I've really had to take my time with the work and ensure a jolly good supply of bottled water, to keep me going.
It's all been good fun, the planting, for I adore buying and bedding in new plants and flowers, and caring for them in their new environment, but it's also been very hard work...and there's still much to do!
I made sure to visit the rose garden during my last visit and the scent was noticeable well before one actually got to it, behind the Palm House.
Here's a picture for you -
I just so love these old-fashioned blooms!
There are roses in the family garden I've been sorting out but we don't have any quite as beautiful as these ones well, not yet??
And what new plants did I add to the garden - Verbascum, Echinacea and a very pretty pink Dahlia. Since then, I've bought another car load of plants which hopefully will go in soon - after some more digging and weeding. Hey ho, gardening is fun!!!
Toodle oo
Daisy
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