by Garden Designer Frank Fritschy | Last updated Jan 14, 2018 | Published on May 28, 2016 | Environment, Garden, Historical Gardens, Landscape, Shrubs
Gertrude Jekyll and Global Warming Sambucus nigra (Elder) starts to flower in the cops near the Viller Mühle 28 MAY, 2016 Environment Historical Gardens Landscape Shrubs What on earth has Gertrude Jekyll to do with global warming? She lived in a time that nature...
by Garden Designer Frank Fritschy | Last updated Jan 14, 2018 | Published on May 17, 2016 | Garden, Landscape, Perennials, Shrubs, Spring
Springtime 17 MAY, 2016 Garden Perennials Shrubs Spring After a long period of cold weather in April, this month started in the second week with bright sunshine and temperatures above 24⁰ C (75⁰F). Hardly any springtime nowadays According to an old lady from over...
by Garden Designer Frank Fritschy | Last updated Jan 14, 2018 | Published on May 7, 2016 | Garden, Landscape, Spring
What’s Going On May 2016 7 MAY, 2016 Garden Landscape Plants Perennials I am walking our dogs and I am greeted by the dazzling yellow rapeseed flowers (Brassica napus) in the fields nearby. The air I am inhaling is loaded with its perfume. A lonely cloud hangs...
by Garden Designer Frank Fritschy | Last updated Jan 14, 2018 | Published on Apr 28, 2016 | Birds, Books, Classical Music, Garden, Landscape
On hearing the first Cuckoo in Spring 28 APRIL, 2016 Birds Books Landscape This title reminds me of that romantic composition for orchestra written by Delius which had its premiere strangely enough in Leipzig on 23th of October 1913. A lovely piece but it can’t beat...
by Garden Designer Frank Fritschy | Last updated Jan 14, 2018 | Published on Apr 3, 2016 | Garden, Perennials, Shrubs, Spring
Spring Combinations 3 APRIL, 2016 Spring Perrenials Shrubs Garden A bright yellow colour is nowadays, to say it diplomatic, not highly appreciated in gardens. However, I would pay a fortune to travel back to the beginning of the sixties to see Dumbarton Oaks....
by Garden Designer Frank Fritschy | Last updated Jan 14, 2018 | Published on Mar 28, 2016 | Books, Ferns, Garden, Garden History, History
Old Books 28 MARCH, 2016 Books Ferns Garden History History During these rainy cold winter days it is nice to sit back in a chair with a nice cup of tea and a fine book to read. Victorian fern craze On scanning the bookshelves I came across a book on the Victorian...
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