The bumblebee and the salvia
Where do bumblebees go to sleep? In papi Jo’s garden, they sometimes select a nice pink pillow for the night.
Category: Garden News
Colour associations
It’s relatively easy to associate colours in pairs. More than 2 becomes more complicated. Today I’ll show you some “colour pairs” which work (or don’t) in my July garden. Analogous Colours Complementary Colours I’m not so pleased with those 2 associations
My first tutorial: Making Plant Supports!
Due to recent rain and wind, some of my taller perennials needed support. I had to complete my collection of existing home-made plant supports so I decided to create a tutorial. See this page :
Étangs d’art en Brocéliande 2016
Every two years works of art art exhibited on the various lakes, ponds and rivers of the Brocéliande country. Here are some photos I took on my tour of the exhibitions. Click on the thumbnails to view the larger photos.
Visit of Le Pellinec garden
Today, with a couple of friends, we visited the Jardin du Pellinec, on the North coast of Brittany. This garden is a member of the Association des Parcs et Jardins de Bretagne, and has been awarded the prestigious “Jardin remarquable” label. It has been described and photographed on so many…
Visit of la Péfolière garden
This week-end is “Open Gardens Day” throughout France. More about the event here: http://rendezvousauxjardins.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/ A number of carefully selected public and private gardens are open to the public. On Sunday, June 5th, we went to visit an incredible private garden opened to all for the day. The garden is located…
After the “open day” in the garden…
Papi Jo’s garden received about 30 visitors on its opening day, most of them friends or people who live nearby. This is quite positive and encouraging and we hope more private gardens will be opened to the public next year in and around our village. However, with the organizers we…
Come visit Papi Joe’s garden!
Papi Joe’s garden will be open to the general public on Saturday, June 4th. Morning: 10 am to 12.30; afternoon: 2 pm to 6.30 pm.
My 20 plants for a white garden
The pretty month of May…
Some photos of the garden at the beginning of this pretty month of May…