by Sharon | Jul 13, 2018 | allotment, Flowers, grow your own, London plot tours
Last year, I wanted to see if I could grow flowers and veg plants that other people wanted to buy and so London Plot was born (the insurance company wanted a name!) This is strictly fair weather market trading and all very local and ad-hoc. When people ask if...
by Sharon | May 31, 2018 | allotment, Flowers, grow your own
The flowers at the plot are really getting into their stride. The first flush is always the loveliest, perhaps because I’ve watched and waited while those first buds swell before finally bursting open. The first peonies are in the vase The shape and detail of...
by Sharon | May 29, 2018 | allotment, Flowers
What is the purpose of an allotment in the 21st century? There are at least a thousand different answers to that question. For me and I suspect for many others, it’s the tranquillity of the location and the satisfaction of nurturing a seed through its full...
by Sharon | May 28, 2018 | allotment, Flowers
The peony and rose season is here, and this vase is the first cut. Duchess Nemoirs is the first peony to open but Sarah Bernhardt will be a close second. Gertrude Jekyll and Louise Odier roses have been in bloom for a week; the storm on Saturday night knocked down...
by Sharon | May 23, 2018 | allotment, Flowers, grow your own, London plot tours
I’m back from an afternoon at Chelsea. My overall impression from the show gardens is this year is generally a subdued colour palette, mostly whites through to mauve and almost every garden had lupins. Quite how this many lupins (aka mollusc caviar) have...
by Sharon | May 21, 2018 | allotment, Flowers, gardening, grow your own
The bees love, truly, madly, deeply, these alliums. These purple globes were a hive (!) of activity at the weekend; the word was out that there was good stuff to be had at the base of these tiny flowers. I’ve never been able to photograph a bee at work, they...
