Rachel the Gardener

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Friday, 11 September 2026

One of these things is not like the others..

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Part of the art of being a good professional gardener (is it possible to be a "bad" professional gardener?  Oh, silly me, of cours...
Friday, 4 September 2026

"Climbers don't damage trees"

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Oh yes they do! This is a pet peeve of mine: I really, really hate it when people grow climbers - clematis, roses, honeysuckle etc - up tree...
Friday, 28 August 2026

New garden, new gnome...

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  When you move house, "they" always say that you should not make any changes to the garden for a year, because you don't know...
Friday, 21 August 2026

For 21 Aug

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Further to a recent post about restoring a Nitida hedge , I had a question from new Patron Jude ( waves enthusiastically ) who sent me pict...
Friday, 14 August 2026

This week: Lavender!

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 Again! In the sense that I seem to be always writing about how to prune Lavender, the reason being that people keep on asking the question!...
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Rachel the Gardener
I like working outdoors: people always say how nice it must be for me, working in harmony with nature. Daren't tell them I spend my working life torturing plants to make them shapely, and to make them flower longer for our pleasure!
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