tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37821597185707605962024-03-14T02:52:21.179+00:00Beau PapierGeorgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.comBlogger241125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-37324713092417213872014-10-17T07:30:00.000+01:002014-10-17T07:30:02.831+01:00Friday FlowersThe weather just hasn't been any good for taking pictures this week, so here are some I took a couple of months ago.<br />
Bells of Ireland are strange flowers, they seem almost prehistoric or more like vegetables somehow. With nasty hidden spines that catch you unawares. Having said all that I really like them, architectural and unusual.......two good words in my book!<br />
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I'm going to see the Turner exhibition at Tate Britain this Sunday, really looking forward to it and a stroll along the Embankment.<br />
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xGeorgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-9374227128248407572014-10-10T07:30:00.000+01:002014-10-10T07:30:00.922+01:00Friday FlowersWe got back last week, after a very pleasant holiday......though on the first day it didn't look like that would be the case!<br />
Those of you who are my friends on facebook will know that we didn't get off to the best of starts. To cut a longish story short, we arrived to find a puddle of water on the kitchen floor, which was strange but was mopped up quickly and we got on with our day but arranged a visit by a plumber for the following morning.<br />
That afternoon the kitchen was flooded with soapy water from an upstairs neighbour's washing machine......argh!!!! Plumber came out on an emergency call and sorted out the problem...a communal waste pipe blocked with a mixture of fat and washing powder....yuk.<br />
He came again the next morning as booked and capped an unused pipe and checked other bits and pieces.<br />
So apart from using every towel to stop the flood of water reaching the wooden floors in the rest of the flat, no real harm done and everything is covered by the insurance, though there was a moment or two when all I wanted to do was come home, especially after last time!!<br />
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xGeorgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-70452659478654100512014-09-12T07:30:00.000+01:002014-09-12T07:30:01.575+01:00Friday FlowersIt must have been the thought of going away next week that inspired these pictures, that and a bag full of shells, two starfish and ribbon printed with Seagulls.<br />
I am seriously wishing for a holiday with a gas supply, hot water and uninterrupted electricity, oh and some nice weather would be good too, or perhaps I'm pushing my luck!<br />
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xGeorgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-41376080256687321702014-09-05T07:30:00.000+01:002014-09-05T07:30:01.065+01:00Friday FlowersOver the last few years I have fallen in love more and more with Hydrangeas, apart from all the wonderful colours they come in they are probably the only flower that you can photograph outside when it's breezy. Let's just say they are my favourite flower at the moment!!<br />
These are called Hydrangea Macrophllya Glowing Alps.... bit like a pedigree name for a dog, a terrible mouthful and not what you call it day to day. In my mind I call them Vintage Hydrangeas, their soft colours in lovely combinations remind me of faded textiles.<br />
Plus I'm told they are the best variety for drying, I'm putting that theory to the test!<br />
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xGeorgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-3025721501980028432014-08-29T07:30:00.000+01:002014-08-29T07:30:01.599+01:00Friday FlowersOh it's been cold!! from mid summer to autumn overnight, and it rained and thundered and I felt cheated. Where had summer gone? I wasn't ready for it to be over yet.<br />
Today, it has actually felt warmer and looks like the temperature is due to rise over the next few days, perhaps it's not quite autumn yet.......I do hope so.<br />
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Pictures of an impromptu picnic lunch setting in the garden... when it was still summer!!!!<br />
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xGeorgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-50901877696808698802014-08-15T07:30:00.000+01:002014-08-15T07:30:00.072+01:00Friday FlowersI've been having such fun this summer practicing my hand tied bouquet technique....think I'm slowly getting the hang of it!!<br />
And then taking photographs of the results, this was a mixture of bought flowers and bits and pieces from the garden.<br />
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I definitely need to plant more foliage and especially dark colours, everything I've got in the garden has been heavily "pruned" this summer, hopefully it won't mind and will go on to be bigger and better next year.<br />
Oh yes and who knew that Sedum flowers last for weeks in water especially if picked in bud, I have some pale green that open to pink but need some burgundy coloured ones. And the added bonus is that bees and butterflies love them, I haven't picked all the flowers so they can enjoy them!!<br />
So I'm going to visit the garden centre this weekend, hope you have a fabulous time doing whatever you decide to do.<br />
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This picture is one of my favourites that I've taken this summer. Having nice enough weather to photograph outside for days on end has been fantastic and really liberating, chasing the light around the garden and waiting for that perfect moment has actually made me slow down and realise how happy I am doing what I love.<br />
So here are late summer flowers, herbs and seed pods in an old watering can, caught in late afternoon light.<br />
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xGeorgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-57794560928190581212014-08-01T07:30:00.000+01:002014-08-01T07:30:00.884+01:00Friday Flowers at Hampton Court Flower Show Part ThreeFinally I'd like to show you the Garden of Solitude designed by Alexandra Froggatt. What I loved about this garden was the play of light across the hard surfaces, the cool colours and the plantings with grasses. Although there isn't an overall picture of this garden I hope the following photographs give you some idea of the atmosphere.<br />
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xGeorgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-22451498251648276652014-07-25T15:27:00.000+01:002014-07-25T15:27:07.556+01:00Friday Flowers at Hampton Court Flower Show Part 2This week it's the perfect vegetable garden that featured as part of the Britain in Bloom display. I couldn't resist the old greenhouse filled with blowsy Begonias.<br />
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Even the water butt gave me the "I wants" if ever there was a vegetable garden that fulfilled my fantasies this was it.<br />
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Finally I'll leave you with the exuberant yellow border in the same garden.<br />
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xGeorgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-17309765538436980922014-07-18T07:30:00.000+01:002014-07-18T07:30:00.665+01:00Friday Flowers at Hampton Court Flower Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here as promised are some pictures from Hampton Court Flower Show. The show was very different this year, definitely smaller, less large gardens and fewer trade stands, and those that were there I felt I had seen before, so no great detail shots.<br />
So a big departure for me.....I photographed the gardens!! We were blessed with fantastic light and conditions, just to be in a virtually empty showground at 5.30a.m. was a privilege and a delight.<br />
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This first garden, A Space to Grow and Connect was designed for an arts and culture organisation in an urban environment. It uses recycled industrial materials and has a pavilion with a living roof, oil drums used as a wall and stacked to grow edible plants and a metal mesh stage.<br />
I loved the colours, the planting, the use of materials and that water feature just zings!!<br />
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Georgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-4206830755160770702014-07-11T07:30:00.000+01:002014-07-11T09:43:31.142+01:00Friday FlowersI took loads of pictures at Hampton Court Flower Show, I was there until midday on Wednesday and I haven't had a chance yet to go through them all so I'll share some next friday.<br />
In the meantime here are some pictures I took last week.......I've been growing Strawberries!<br />
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Can you believe the colour of these Strawberry flowers? You can just see the tiny strawberries growing in their centres.<br />
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The following pictures are of a beautiful strawberry planter from Wichford Pottery that I planted up before we went away, they were left to their own devices and I think that perhaps they suffered a bit in all the hot weather. I'll let the fruit develop and then move these plants into the garden, I have more plants to pot up which will give a much more luscious looking display.<br />
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xGeorgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-85456558365485024402014-07-04T07:30:00.000+01:002014-07-04T07:30:00.253+01:00Friday Flowers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After a large tree fell across the road earlier this week wiping out my telephone line and internet connection, I was very impressed by British Telecom who got everything back up and running in 4 hours!<br />
On Wednesday afternoon we lost internet connection again.....having checked for more fallen trees....I have ascertained that it is a problem with our provider Talk Talk. Definitely not impressed that it is now late Thursday afternoon and I am typing this in my local Costa Coffee (thanks for the free internet acsess!) as it is still not working at home.<br />
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To cheer myself up I have been out in the garden taking some photographs. I really must cut the grass, but it looks so lovely and meadow like I had to take these pictures first. Better cut it soon or I shall need a scythe!!<br />
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I'm very excited to say that my RHS press passes for Hampton Court Flower Show have arrived. I'm off on Sunday to have a good look round, plan my strategy and start taking some pictures. Then from Monday it's early morning starts......can't wait it's my favourite show of the year. I'll share some pictures next week.<br />
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xGeorgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-89659470214817331722014-06-27T07:30:00.000+01:002014-06-27T07:30:00.949+01:00Friday Flowers and the holiday that wasn't!!Back from holiday, the garden has been taken over by Convolvulus, but there are Roses. Alchemilla Mollis and Lavender, the Scabious came from Waitrose.....sorry Julienne!!<br />
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Sorry I didn't post any pictures whilst away, it turned out not to be a photography type of holiday, it was more a sitting about waiting for repair men and phone calls type of holiday.<br />
When we arrived on Thursday I couldn't get the boiler to fire up to produce hot water, we eventually got in touch with an engineer who promised us an appointment the following Monday......4 days without hot water but I could cope!!! I loathe camping but a bowl balanced on an upturned waste paper bin in the bath, then filled with two kettles of hot water topped up with cold gave sufficient water for a hair wash using a mug , and a flannel for the rest of me.......good job I like a challenge.<br />
Then the electrics started playing up, put the television or coffee machine on then switch on a light and poof!!! nothing worked for about an hour until the circuit breaker switch decided to turn back on.<br />
All I can say is that with a bathroom with no window I was very glad to have a kindle cover with a light!!!<br />
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The gas engineer called, checked the boiler and declared we had no gas.....a mix up with the bank and the gas company meant that a bill last August for 17 euros hadn't been paid, though all subsequent bills had and they cut us off!!!<br />
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Getting gas reconnected in Spain is not for the faint hearted....a new account in my name....my husband has apparently been black listed!! After many trips to the gas company's office we were still not reconnected by the time we left, a friend is now dealing with it, thank goodness.<br />
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The electrics were repaired on day 9 of the holiday a new switch on the circuit board was needed..... thank goodness the weather was lovely and it was light until 10.00 in the evening.<br />
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So we have decided to return in September to try again, and have the holiday we thought we were going to have!!<br />
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xGeorgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-68692263626360744952014-06-06T07:30:00.000+01:002014-06-06T07:30:00.804+01:00Chelsea Flower Show Part Three.The last pictures from Chelsea as I'm off on holiday next week to our apartment in Spain, I'll be sending pictures from there but for now it's back to Chelsea.<br />
David Austin Roses did their ubiquitous tea table again, but it is so beautiful and the roses so wonderful I couldn't resist......and the smell was heavenly.<br />
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And this is the Laurent Perrier Garden designed by Luciano Giubbilei. These pictures were taken at about 7.00am on the Wednesday morning, the air was still, the light was amazing, I hope I captured a even the slightest sense of what it was like to be there at that moment.<br />
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And finally what caused all the angst and fretting in case I didn't get it. My RHS Chelsea Press pass and the 3 magic bracelets one for each early morning......my souvenirs of Chelsea 2014.<br />
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xGeorgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-77507910893342221262014-05-30T07:30:00.000+01:002014-05-30T07:30:00.212+01:00Chelsea Flower Show. Part TwoAs promised some more Chelsea pictures, first a few from the same stand, Plant Belles, that I showed you last week. Seriously thinking of painting my shed this colour and planting lots of orange flowers around it.<br />
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These next ones are from my favourite Artisan's Garden. The Topiarist Garden at West Green House designed by Marylyn Abbot.<br />
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xGeorgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-32522629380963434722014-05-23T07:30:00.000+01:002014-05-23T07:30:00.746+01:00Chelsea Flower ShowMy favourite picture so far taken on Press Day (Monday) at The Chelsea Flower Show. I think you know me well enough by now that I find beauty in the detail, and although all the big gardens are being mobbed by photographers and camera crews I often find my favourite things amongst the trade stands and smaller Artisan Gardens.<br />
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This was taken on a trade stand which sold plant and cloche supports and slate labels called Plant Belles. Credit where credit's due I just turned up and photographed it, all the hard work and beautiful display and use of colour had already been done,though I was very lucky with the light and my new 105mm macro lens which gives the most wonderful blur in the background might have helped!!<br />
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This weekend is a long one here in the UK we have a Bank Holiday on Monday so I can get my body clock back to something like normal, and I have a photography play date on Sunday with my sister Liz. Herb pots and lifestyle shots are on the agenda......can't wait.<br />
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xGeorgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-53003059032938562252014-05-16T06:53:00.001+01:002014-05-16T06:53:59.315+01:00Friday FlowersA couple of pictures I took at the photography workshop at Whichford Pottery three weeks ago....how times flies.<br />
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I've been on tenterhooks for weeks, waiting to see if I was going to get a Press pass for Chelsea Flower Show. I heard on Tuesday and the answer was yes!!!! I won't be going on the Sunday this year so will miss all the last minute set up, but I'll be there from 5.30am on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I can't wait and I'll share some pictures over the next couple of weeks.<br />
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xGeorgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-13291238067857389012014-05-09T07:30:00.000+01:002014-05-09T07:30:00.829+01:00Friday FlowersSorry about the glitch in proceedings last week.........normal service has been resumed!!<br />
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Two of my favourite flowers, Ranunculus, for their layers of papery petals and Viburnum, for it's colour.<br />
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xGeorgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-86134836384064721462014-04-18T07:30:00.000+01:002014-04-18T07:30:00.875+01:00Friday Flowers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wishing you all a really wonderful Easter weekend.<br />
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Georgie<br />
xGeorgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-38835819114158121682014-04-11T07:30:00.000+01:002014-04-11T07:30:00.474+01:00Friday Flowers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Green Hellebores, pink Clematis and silver Eryngium, perhaps not the most usual of combinations, but I loved the colour, form and textures.<br />
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And there was a snippet of each left, just enough to fill a tiny candle holder.<br />
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Have a wonderful weekend, hope it's warm and sunny for you.<br />
Georgie<br />
xGeorgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-6755997787639928222014-04-04T07:30:00.000+01:002014-04-04T07:30:01.057+01:00Friday FlowersIt has been so warm this week! I turned the heating off yesterday and it's only just the beginning of April, however I am aware that it might need to go back on again at any moment.<br />
Spring has definitely sprung here.........there is a green haze on shrubs and trees and the plum and greengage trees in my garden are in full flower, here's a picture of a plum blossom, I've been experimenting with blurry backgrounds.<br />
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And this is a Japanese Acer it's finely divided lime green foliage just emerging, I never realised that they had tiny red flowers ( obviously I've never thought how they reproduce!) but it being Spring that is what they have in mind.<br />
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I'm going to try and get out in the garden this weekend, weather permitting and enjoy all this abundance of life.<br />
Hope you all have a lovely weekend<br />
Georgie<br />
xGeorgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-69271206881371324142014-03-28T07:30:00.000+00:002014-03-28T07:30:00.507+00:00Friday Flowers on a Plate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last week I told you about our trip to Hungerford. What I didn't mention was that in the bargain basement of one of the antique centres I found a plate. A huge plate, a huge plate which was once broken in half and repaired, a huge plate with hand painted flowers and a scalloped edge, a huge plate almost 2 feet across.</div>
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So head ruled heart and I left it behind and I've thought about it on and off ever since....why do I never learn? If it speaks to you buy it, especially if it costs £4.50. But I wasn't going to drive an hour each way just to see if it was still there.</div>
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I've been doing some research, it is indeed Italian, from Nove Ceramics just outside Venice, a company that has been producing pottery since the 1700s. I'm not sure how old it is but probably 1930s to 1950s, mending china with metal staples went out of favour in the late 50s due to new glues being developed.</div>
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Georgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-48308934761807882282014-03-21T07:30:00.000+00:002014-03-21T07:30:03.141+00:00British Friday FlowersLast week I took my lovely florist friend Julienne to Hungerford to meet up with my other lovely florist friends Martin and Kay from <a href="https://www.martinandthemagpie.co.uk/">Martin and the Magpie</a>.<br />
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Both Julienne and Martin are from Holland and had a good old natter (in Dutch) about what I haven't a clue! Dutch is an impossible language!!! After a cup of coffee and a good look around their wonderful shop we had a fabulous time browsing around all the antique shops in Hungerford (there are lots).<br />
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Lunch in a cafe with an interestingly retro menu......when did you last see Sardines on Toast offered for lunch?<br />
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On our way back to the car we popped in to say goodbye and I couldn't resist these Anemones, grown in their walled garden, they are planning to have their own home grown flowers for sale in the shop for most of the year.<br />
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I couldn't resist a patriotic picture for British grown flowers!<br />
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Georgie<br />
xGeorgie Steedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796661049199812710noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782159718570760596.post-27602093518419254282014-03-14T11:42:00.000+00:002014-03-14T11:42:05.461+00:00Friday FlowersHappy Friday!!!<br />
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I've been planting up baskets, pots, in fact anything that makes a suitable container. Spring has definitely sprung in my neck of the woods.......so lovely to have some sunny weather after the mists have cleared in the morning. It seems that it may stay fine until the beginning of next week.......hurrah!!!<br />
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Hope you all have a lovely sunny weekend<br />
Georgie<br />
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