tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61638418337231356722024-03-05T13:06:18.958+00:00The Garden Book of DaysCharlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-52587885566994813172011-01-02T18:49:00.002+00:002011-01-02T18:52:51.942+00:00A new Year and a new beginning!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeL-lv3DvqrnBqFzcZJCHy4LvkuGihmzS1pXmkxNzP68NHm79EIeuqFz-XThN-5yd-2fEB_LPUbVkjscAKN1dkcrTlg5PWU0jtVoyB46ecqPagtFdDWnwNKTcAbqXr3gy_ShOpGgOciCFu/s1600/India1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 560px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeL-lv3DvqrnBqFzcZJCHy4LvkuGihmzS1pXmkxNzP68NHm79EIeuqFz-XThN-5yd-2fEB_LPUbVkjscAKN1dkcrTlg5PWU0jtVoyB46ecqPagtFdDWnwNKTcAbqXr3gy_ShOpGgOciCFu/s400/India1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557662837203840946" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Happy New Year to all of those who followed me in 2010.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you have a wonderful year and will join me on my new blog</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://jardinssansfrontiers.blogspot.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Jardins sans Frontiers</span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">which will follow our garden in Rajasthan, India</div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-17115670378461073262010-10-21T17:32:00.004+01:002010-10-21T17:35:02.862+01:00Back to my other blog ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFOdYwZompp4lP7hxmz0FWL33rjQyAX6PN5fal-J6HM9IbbjcWQb8U2mo3Jdo-3TiDFKcLztMEn3ZVcebaJ_YmAaZSIRLTX09trObUjIRpxN5NJjMfL0PZGjtQ-kN8LM0WRSmpQCISbDeU/s1600/Green4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFOdYwZompp4lP7hxmz0FWL33rjQyAX6PN5fal-J6HM9IbbjcWQb8U2mo3Jdo-3TiDFKcLztMEn3ZVcebaJ_YmAaZSIRLTX09trObUjIRpxN5NJjMfL0PZGjtQ-kN8LM0WRSmpQCISbDeU/s400/Green4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530538247791868978" /></a>I'm taking a rest from this blog as I'm leaving for India, but you can always catch up with me on:<div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com">THE GALLOPING GARDENER</a></b></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-87632010328840754422010-10-07T09:55:00.002+01:002010-10-07T09:58:42.230+01:00Autumn is a second spring ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIeKhRq0VgwE3yKrbvTWbCMyARzY_vWFuVPhGCE7K-qWf0nMohy7aGY9mKgBxFvrza55HDF4xBBsSbo8m7qIDfUVjCD6Yvmb_JB8zuMAbpLkd8SofXjY7LX6SC_vR93YD0RfkBPkItMwtC/s1600/AutumnVista4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIeKhRq0VgwE3yKrbvTWbCMyARzY_vWFuVPhGCE7K-qWf0nMohy7aGY9mKgBxFvrza55HDF4xBBsSbo8m7qIDfUVjCD6Yvmb_JB8zuMAbpLkd8SofXjY7LX6SC_vR93YD0RfkBPkItMwtC/s400/AutumnVista4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525225504828717090" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is in flower.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Albert Camus</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com">Autumn - The Galloping Gardener</a></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-14588404415300561242010-09-30T09:32:00.002+01:002010-09-30T09:37:15.430+01:00It was one of those perfect ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcCEnBJVu3KfTFSgXOMnbANvIA88Mvk1Vxcl_70mx_Jax02kbynmPPmkTYLf7AQNcatuiM3om1EkQFtIOMM3AAJAsS3t3SrjRRkqN-4pZwx-_Dtt584yp2hCkTyyXndfbHBMyexACYsUa/s1600/Marwood1-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcCEnBJVu3KfTFSgXOMnbANvIA88Mvk1Vxcl_70mx_Jax02kbynmPPmkTYLf7AQNcatuiM3om1EkQFtIOMM3AAJAsS3t3SrjRRkqN-4pZwx-_Dtt584yp2hCkTyyXndfbHBMyexACYsUa/s400/Marwood1-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522621704440712994" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It was one of those perfect autumnal days which occur more</div><div style="text-align: center;">frequently in memory than in life.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>P.D. James</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/09/marvellous-marwood-hill-dont-miss-it.html">Marwood Hill, Devon</a></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-34201961725954027562010-09-25T08:47:00.003+01:002010-09-25T08:54:39.821+01:00An unhurried sense of time ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0qosP0MTotnYQDDlwdrFXiA0ig1F3WtOcXBLxkAHKW5qB6-0OmKwVBTDcKjpiOruWgH3BHjY8UCH6eedCSW41etncl9bz1tlD9hVhJerqHn19HHwM_3lqeV6iL8cTkawLmOsTfVgyLGU/s1600/Docton2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0qosP0MTotnYQDDlwdrFXiA0ig1F3WtOcXBLxkAHKW5qB6-0OmKwVBTDcKjpiOruWgH3BHjY8UCH6eedCSW41etncl9bz1tlD9hVhJerqHn19HHwM_3lqeV6iL8cTkawLmOsTfVgyLGU/s400/Docton2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520754822986969010" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Lynn Johnston</b></div><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/09/heaven-in-devon-docton-mill.html"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/09/heaven-in-devon-docton-mill.html">Docton Mill, Devon</a></div></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-55780757291452468052010-09-18T18:34:00.001+01:002010-09-18T18:36:35.296+01:00Stretching his hand to reach the stars ....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-xSmCGI8T81sm5kqTXZM953b7R50CqOgDEgVEWsM4rXBmpr6EKbyYa4WcaH4ODJqJMiqZD15OmPR7RseAJsQw5s1WPUdzabh2ptIelhS_0JlAz4BeFelH6Ki2SYFsPTxItbXk3Iice_3/s1600/Cien2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-xSmCGI8T81sm5kqTXZM953b7R50CqOgDEgVEWsM4rXBmpr6EKbyYa4WcaH4ODJqJMiqZD15OmPR7RseAJsQw5s1WPUdzabh2ptIelhS_0JlAz4BeFelH6Ki2SYFsPTxItbXk3Iice_3/s400/Cien2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518308417499803250" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Stretching his hand to reach the stars,</div><div style="text-align: center;">he forgets the flowers at his feet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Jeremy Bentham</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/09/cuba-gardens-cienfuegos.html">Botanical Garden, Cienfuegos, Cuba</a></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-61454903715707707222010-08-30T17:15:00.002+01:002010-08-30T17:17:46.179+01:00The garden suggests ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9J2V-3FmLn4WzHaPbABQsK2EfQQON4KRodJMWZj8N80ULheMHlAOovK-uipIAFbEXLmV_MjOii5IDx22Pr5vLv_cPl3rqNfui1TvcBpyfrJeSrHT1KP_RTdf4nIvL3PogrgpuFZjn2fZ/s1600/Trebah3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9J2V-3FmLn4WzHaPbABQsK2EfQQON4KRodJMWZj8N80ULheMHlAOovK-uipIAFbEXLmV_MjOii5IDx22Pr5vLv_cPl3rqNfui1TvcBpyfrJeSrHT1KP_RTdf4nIvL3PogrgpuFZjn2fZ/s400/Trebah3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511237445018612562" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The garden suggests there might be a place where </div><div style="text-align: center;">we can meet nature halfway.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Michael Pollan</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/08/special-cornish-gardens-for-september.html">Bonython, Cornwall</a></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-91836765794850341272010-08-19T16:28:00.003+01:002010-08-19T17:01:58.648+01:00The fair weather gardener ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk41ifJKOqL4Ur-tiTl2zbmNvnoIH1V1gQceQ5wjs_uzmEESbfyXzm7jiPd92g_9Epmslt26eyMEkEfR7ULGgeZoDMwTDG7E_mZ6hQbQAprB3R6m5G7d38mYcBS1fQsK02w-vAq2besJEu/s1600/A3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk41ifJKOqL4Ur-tiTl2zbmNvnoIH1V1gQceQ5wjs_uzmEESbfyXzm7jiPd92g_9Epmslt26eyMEkEfR7ULGgeZoDMwTDG7E_mZ6hQbQAprB3R6m5G7d38mYcBS1fQsK02w-vAq2besJEu/s400/A3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507143542412984690" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The fair-weather gardener, who will do nothing except when the wind </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the weather and everything else are favourable, </div><div style="text-align: center;">is never master of his craft.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Henry Ellacombe</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/07/wonderful-wisley.html">RHS Wisley, Surrey</a></div></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-79240245266644793522010-07-25T08:52:00.002+01:002010-07-25T08:56:20.063+01:00Let us be grateful ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-pbgDpwUUuvkOfuUC0giu2uOmWujeBUmo8q_4fownrhKTr74UCikztTN3MuavFUgFgkXjArNVomAPDnovbstNMtXok9Es31RRX3DsNe36M0I4jU_IVVYkm22hz52LtKDDP-dEil3ER1Un/s1600/Peschar7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-pbgDpwUUuvkOfuUC0giu2uOmWujeBUmo8q_4fownrhKTr74UCikztTN3MuavFUgFgkXjArNVomAPDnovbstNMtXok9Es31RRX3DsNe36M0I4jU_IVVYkm22hz52LtKDDP-dEil3ER1Un/s400/Peschar7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497748908140819714" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are</div><div style="text-align: center;">the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Marcel Proust</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/07/bored-with-borders-you-wont-find-any.html">Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden, Surrey</a></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-80625089666585515242010-07-15T09:34:00.003+01:002010-07-15T09:42:01.068+01:00Great joys ....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDd3aFMgAHQJCdUcGzGqJVSvcnoiX2_ZpER2CiOfxdiVs1-5BFARMNmvTtEdirmbJG4dHXWNrkbkKvuNHvLg8DE6g5N52AOLzVyRfTueCTZQ8V_e9BuaIIFgB8jT6w8NLoPJz_m3yUod2-/s1600/Godinton4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDd3aFMgAHQJCdUcGzGqJVSvcnoiX2_ZpER2CiOfxdiVs1-5BFARMNmvTtEdirmbJG4dHXWNrkbkKvuNHvLg8DE6g5N52AOLzVyRfTueCTZQ8V_e9BuaIIFgB8jT6w8NLoPJz_m3yUod2-/s400/Godinton4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494048787965771026" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Great joys, like griefs, are silent.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Shackerley Marmion</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/07/glorious-godinton-in-kent.html">Godinton House, Kent</a></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-68789645800787624182010-07-12T09:28:00.001+01:002010-07-12T09:30:35.179+01:00Dreams come true<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrY79nu7UohibYKEZdxtBOkGpOlEHMui0PVNawI6jyn3DdN8Gd84x3AdOIWjKpG-ttkLsnNV0VBIJM1gpvDBlw1pFDRPQgC_mzXxlXCZ1GT-I2da__RGHF1Oo-0S9Y_VXtGag_-zMJAzLS/s1600/Snows3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrY79nu7UohibYKEZdxtBOkGpOlEHMui0PVNawI6jyn3DdN8Gd84x3AdOIWjKpG-ttkLsnNV0VBIJM1gpvDBlw1pFDRPQgC_mzXxlXCZ1GT-I2da__RGHF1Oo-0S9Y_VXtGag_-zMJAzLS/s400/Snows3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492933886488759650" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dreams come true. Without that possibility,</div><div style="text-align: center;">nature would not incite us to have them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>John Updike</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/07/to-manors-born-mottistone-and-snowshill.html">Snowshill Manor, Glos</a></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-4700120589101509072010-07-03T09:39:00.003+01:002010-07-03T09:48:17.642+01:00If you've never experienced ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw9l8kTw7CUPVEYKo2GPjOk0Dvnj5UY3_ABsfjax41DjpCVlM006JXmYu23zIUgVstOP4udGd5n_3HHISonFBMwOESheSOKDsRT4Od2yfFKevmP2INZgFzzqF_rh6JyT_iyS_X94ILablO/s1600/Enchanting4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw9l8kTw7CUPVEYKo2GPjOk0Dvnj5UY3_ABsfjax41DjpCVlM006JXmYu23zIUgVstOP4udGd5n_3HHISonFBMwOESheSOKDsRT4Od2yfFKevmP2INZgFzzqF_rh6JyT_iyS_X94ILablO/s400/Enchanting4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489597068178319506" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">If you've never experienced the joy of accomplishing more </div><div style="text-align: center;">than you can imagine, plant a garden.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Robert Brault</b></div><div><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/07/very-special-cotswold-cottage-gardens.html"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/07/very-special-cotswold-cottage-gardens.html">Stone House Garden, Glos</a></div></div></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-61522452857981518532010-06-26T17:29:00.002+01:002010-06-26T17:35:49.359+01:00In nature nothing is perfect ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfdpPByOHC_HA9fU7c7_dCLId2Tz1OIG0WrLsW0SvzjV1GS-5Ys3j0Evf4aC_kYzVnPs9xlwX4LknNdnn4m88bUktDXkEX8itzul0HwG1VLL1Mt01ha3Cr1fyWD7-cJyCmYxmSDmeqR2N/s1600/A2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfdpPByOHC_HA9fU7c7_dCLId2Tz1OIG0WrLsW0SvzjV1GS-5Ys3j0Evf4aC_kYzVnPs9xlwX4LknNdnn4m88bUktDXkEX8itzul0HwG1VLL1Mt01ha3Cr1fyWD7-cJyCmYxmSDmeqR2N/s400/A2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487121410176349426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">In nature nothing is perfect and everything is perfect.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Alice Walker</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/06/three-generations-of-women-gardeners-at.html">Kiftsgate Court, Gloucestershire</a></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-34574802076553581202010-06-19T10:05:00.001+01:002010-06-19T10:07:37.938+01:00Gardens ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN014VJJwEcK12RR9_Iy5L93wbb88-Z44d-9rjVMI9IDfBAUTAe6jJfZhUcP7nonlcXKZf_XiImiDYHFYLg0rlsqwI2zLOuMpgSr-chyphenhyphenW9kPc_omhW3n-EpuS3EmjWeuDMFZ98dKK8SYUp/s1600/Mary1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN014VJJwEcK12RR9_Iy5L93wbb88-Z44d-9rjVMI9IDfBAUTAe6jJfZhUcP7nonlcXKZf_XiImiDYHFYLg0rlsqwI2zLOuMpgSr-chyphenhyphenW9kPc_omhW3n-EpuS3EmjWeuDMFZ98dKK8SYUp/s400/Mary1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484408422155913410" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Gardens cannot be considered in detachment from the people who made them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Derek Clifford</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/06/elizabethan-jewel-in-sussex-st-marys.html">St Mary's House and Garden, West Sussex</a></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-10474385853206327512010-06-17T08:38:00.003+01:002010-06-17T08:45:26.485+01:00A garden always gives back .....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip-VnCurc5BmscsKT_VjQQaR3WzKcp3RsqB_3oF20WqmyOsWmI-bL10d1fj5t1crdoJjkieg99F9BN4METtnZU8s467gnWSmewzkuhTc6Bg9ShSVGNTCmbAp2jcyEUu_sO_YustAU3gM_z/s1600/A1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip-VnCurc5BmscsKT_VjQQaR3WzKcp3RsqB_3oF20WqmyOsWmI-bL10d1fj5t1crdoJjkieg99F9BN4METtnZU8s467gnWSmewzkuhTc6Bg9ShSVGNTCmbAp2jcyEUu_sO_YustAU3gM_z/s400/A1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483643771711344546" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A garden always gives back more than it receives.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Mara Beamish</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/06/tropical-surprise-in-southern-england.html">Ventnor Botanic Garden, Isle of Wight</a></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-21146337024678966222010-06-12T17:47:00.002+01:002010-06-12T17:50:11.815+01:00There is something fundamental ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvAbo9DEAR0p9G2vmoZeQ8ISdBY0r9QiCmfmNXxUZSqL91Pfe5f46vnxSUroDZqoB7g1jSKwWIwXr1vIiFb_cpNk6FAUqe7DltMWzgSk_e8ujDMA2frscNbr3DjFH2iBwCHrPOhcSxj3m/s1600/Barnsley1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvAbo9DEAR0p9G2vmoZeQ8ISdBY0r9QiCmfmNXxUZSqL91Pfe5f46vnxSUroDZqoB7g1jSKwWIwXr1vIiFb_cpNk6FAUqe7DltMWzgSk_e8ujDMA2frscNbr3DjFH2iBwCHrPOhcSxj3m/s400/Barnsley1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481929918182913346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">There is something fundamental to owning a garden that leaches</div><div style="text-align: center;">into every aspect of living.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Mirabel Osler</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/06/barnsley-house-iconic-cotswold-garden.html">Barnsley House, Glos</a></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-1930482274861352522010-06-09T08:26:00.004+01:002010-06-09T08:28:15.984+01:00No two gardens ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhiQKbFpoVeGOF7kXtVsurKmxxVkMiEVpdo8BguIHF3un3oKDzurobXYK8vTMeJrqW6cBqzJI2-P8kvl3OsYruSzRFtwH_6HqXLxblNzA2A7O5Eml1SqHVxJpkz4fBADc1oJ4GgALeRbt/s1600/Longstock1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhiQKbFpoVeGOF7kXtVsurKmxxVkMiEVpdo8BguIHF3un3oKDzurobXYK8vTMeJrqW6cBqzJI2-P8kvl3OsYruSzRFtwH_6HqXLxblNzA2A7O5Eml1SqHVxJpkz4fBADc1oJ4GgALeRbt/s400/Longstock1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480672009064106034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">No two gardens are the same. No two days </div><div style="text-align: center;">are the same in one garden.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Hugh Johnson</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/06/watery-wonder-on-river-test.html">Longstock Water Park, Hampshire</a></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-71954599222249924862010-06-06T07:52:00.005+01:002010-06-06T20:31:29.032+01:00It is good to be alone ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTU8e6F5A9goBnrqsrH04rxqiJ5WnyIupbJcLXdWakNhxs_CrzHeOIFX07TfN0m6IaAVDDb6ooSCvclAPehsCUG_kTTkCl1dODq8CXxZCgJtmArOxkIVEb4iL2QSCWiGC_vEEAludHqpD/s1600/A1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTU8e6F5A9goBnrqsrH04rxqiJ5WnyIupbJcLXdWakNhxs_CrzHeOIFX07TfN0m6IaAVDDb6ooSCvclAPehsCUG_kTTkCl1dODq8CXxZCgJtmArOxkIVEb4iL2QSCWiGC_vEEAludHqpD/s400/A1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479550125840143426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It is good to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all </div><div style="text-align: center;">its shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie </div><div style="text-align: center;">of suspended thought.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>James Douglas</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/05/bloomsbury-set-gardens-blooming-in.html">Monk's House, East Sussex</a></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-76205273879929998002010-06-01T09:43:00.002+01:002010-06-01T09:53:16.310+01:00What we see ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHc_IO-58o-nlHvT5A1g3AVZodmR1kC-7Oqwi8HP0xPd1KJXbN8ERiaOpwQXWt0qjcE0wsP1Iol_MhunCFWsnS6v5zVCjQh5YjZpLlzIJtc7E9npiiz74L67q6Tm8Y77J0Pogfm-JuPX_/s1600/Gravetye1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHc_IO-58o-nlHvT5A1g3AVZodmR1kC-7Oqwi8HP0xPd1KJXbN8ERiaOpwQXWt0qjcE0wsP1Iol_MhunCFWsnS6v5zVCjQh5YjZpLlzIJtc7E9npiiz74L67q6Tm8Y77J0Pogfm-JuPX_/s400/Gravetye1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477723608914953170" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">What we see depends mainly on what we look for.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">John Lubbock</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/05/another-glorious-gourmet-garden.html">Gravetye Manor, West Sussex</a></div></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-40080477276780376022010-05-26T07:02:00.005+01:002010-05-26T07:05:24.564+01:00There shall be eternal summer ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZrxOa6raJRsDaFqFe9MieRIE5EoMQ2CMhWvl5TU0gH-1dfGCCuF6J9I9zb5BgEyOL4vcOJetbxiM7ekw9JkZw2HJgySXpx8NZ7fay99gJr_p0jGm8qcaBGw3yyt4E6WVpo6C2oinTsG3/s1600/A1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZrxOa6raJRsDaFqFe9MieRIE5EoMQ2CMhWvl5TU0gH-1dfGCCuF6J9I9zb5BgEyOL4vcOJetbxiM7ekw9JkZw2HJgySXpx8NZ7fay99gJr_p0jGm8qcaBGw3yyt4E6WVpo6C2oinTsG3/s400/A1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475455223759298498" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Celia Thaxter</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2009/06/dalliance-with-dorset.html">Mapperton, Dorset</a></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-40487775958426207672010-05-22T21:34:00.003+01:002010-05-22T21:36:55.582+01:00View from various resting places ....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwi2YBKLC2C1OPDSliebUjyKmVewlJogADGiGAZbVY0_WMp7JLAGCAaioBAkQEIXa0MhAAGb6MirbLCNIrgLdEJ-5gtju3mAmg73fZQwVFdwU6CJcmvqRdyhYbxQDpRzTR4KUM7uYnPvj/s1600/A2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwi2YBKLC2C1OPDSliebUjyKmVewlJogADGiGAZbVY0_WMp7JLAGCAaioBAkQEIXa0MhAAGb6MirbLCNIrgLdEJ-5gtju3mAmg73fZQwVFdwU6CJcmvqRdyhYbxQDpRzTR4KUM7uYnPvj/s400/A2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474195868571736146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Views from various resting places give us time to pause, look and see.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Rosemary Verey</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/05/veddw-undulating-eye-opener-in-wales.html">Veddw, Monmouthshire</a></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-46990416540488251352010-05-20T09:35:00.010+01:002010-05-20T11:05:28.743+01:00A man sooner or later ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7EH8EZbCMyRZ_03QApN7N5a16vegURNdXBvxcKeI8MIfDUZX0ncrtS05TIiYHubh-CzzduMbp1GhFD6kMBgbf6qfxXxRxsqoSj9c1p_EaGzk3eG4W3uxTusj3y-DFO3ZH1Pb2nZ-QbmE-/s1600/A2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7EH8EZbCMyRZ_03QApN7N5a16vegURNdXBvxcKeI8MIfDUZX0ncrtS05TIiYHubh-CzzduMbp1GhFD6kMBgbf6qfxXxRxsqoSj9c1p_EaGzk3eG4W3uxTusj3y-DFO3ZH1Pb2nZ-QbmE-/s400/A2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473268227772928498" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A man sooner or later discovers he is master-gardener </div><div style="text-align: center;">of his soul, the director of his life.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>James Allen</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/05/cothay-manor-youll-never-want-to-leave.html">Cothay Manor, Somerset</a></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-90424070992509102392010-05-12T22:30:00.005+01:002010-05-12T22:41:41.989+01:00Life is like a landscape<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8j_fWFS3cHVq8Wm5qfz3Fsyz7La-PRsYiigc9xkZmOPosWznR8lzsWwWrss8wqP6bW1P0VVQ7eRqqSw-7m0g5Ykyz-QCVjTbuyYM6YjJr3XnwwPrvExXxJCKaSOmGEhFhSSlaM7J__b6o/s1600/A2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8j_fWFS3cHVq8Wm5qfz3Fsyz7La-PRsYiigc9xkZmOPosWznR8lzsWwWrss8wqP6bW1P0VVQ7eRqqSw-7m0g5Ykyz-QCVjTbuyYM6YjJr3XnwwPrvExXxJCKaSOmGEhFhSSlaM7J__b6o/s400/A2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470499305709429058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it, but can describe</div><div style="text-align: center;">it only from the vantage point of distance.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Charles Lindbergh</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/05/eat-your-heart-out-above-london.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Roof Gardens, London</span></a></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-32323277815657135172010-05-09T08:00:00.003+01:002010-05-09T08:05:45.711+01:00Hopes are planted ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU0ChVgXOiCUlsxzwH2aKz78lOJPn4QsIl9cnmrwqIq-SkgK3Cmee0PYNZPzvHKbnTPc_LRAp1N1n7aUGcxGjMEIq7uGrzG1-5VpOnDZjI6AxOd6GCIShI8KvRrleMFUuRcYKPs7D21wmv/s1600/A1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU0ChVgXOiCUlsxzwH2aKz78lOJPn4QsIl9cnmrwqIq-SkgK3Cmee0PYNZPzvHKbnTPc_LRAp1N1n7aUGcxGjMEIq7uGrzG1-5VpOnDZjI6AxOd6GCIShI8KvRrleMFUuRcYKPs7D21wmv/s400/A1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469161723020486258" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Hopes are planted in friendship's garden, where dreams</div><div style="text-align: center;">blossom into priceless treasures.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Author Unknown</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/05/real-5-garden-and-rarely-publicised.html">Charts Edge, Kent</a></div></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163841833723135672.post-6491909733872428282010-05-07T21:21:00.004+01:002010-05-07T21:24:43.201+01:00Plants give us oxygen ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHcFKxOLSElcPoUSIRuQJmYDNJomGb9Y5teLCEbbCtCy0bYYSQTtb3qamXG9ssOke7FswVHBoSBmEqJOZlv0Z1Kv1cWWFOjVc1GCNfruydKEwOIUoEh0cSeATPuG8WcbT85esL8ZsdMBVZ/s1600/A1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHcFKxOLSElcPoUSIRuQJmYDNJomGb9Y5teLCEbbCtCy0bYYSQTtb3qamXG9ssOke7FswVHBoSBmEqJOZlv0Z1Kv1cWWFOjVc1GCNfruydKEwOIUoEh0cSeATPuG8WcbT85esL8ZsdMBVZ/s400/A1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468625924434466786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Plants give us oxygen for the lungs and for the soul.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Linda Solegato</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegallopinggardener.blogspot.com/2010/05/spring-kaleidoscope-at-leondardslee.html">Leonardslee Gardens, West Sussex</a></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438112381559256338noreply@blogger.com2