The Scilly Isles was my dream destination. It's a long way from my home in Suffolk but I needed a carer's break, from looking after my dear husband. I found gin-clear swimming beaches -and discovered the magical, subtropical Tresco Abbey Gardens.
Same plants. Different garden. After an incredible two years with Scribehound, the Garden Collective is digging up the shrubs, potting up the perennials, and putting the tools in the wheelbarrow. We are off to our very own Garden Collective website, a link for which will be shared before we move.
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As it turns out, schemes as much as schemata were the fulcrum of the Swedish Botanist's life. I took a trip to Uppsala to reckon with the Father of Taxonomy's complicated legacy and eat some summer fruit.
There is no more rewarding addition to a garden than a pond - but I would do some things differently if I was starting afresh.
