Tag Archives: National Gardens Scheme

Restorative Autumn

Posted on November 11, 2022 by Francis Pryor

I do apologise that most of my recent blog posts seem to have been apologies about not writing blog posts – and I suppose this is another one, but I also hope it’s a return to something a bit more … Continue reading →

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Welcome Back!

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Francis Pryor

Many things have been proposed as the ‘new normal’, but I would suggest it’s when you repeatedly find yourself having to apologise. Quite often it’s due to things beyond our control, such as a madman in Russia or the insanity … Continue reading →

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Autumn in a Light Touch Garden

Posted on November 9, 2021 by Francis Pryor

First a quick word of apology: I’m so sorry that I haven’t updated this blog for almost seven weeks, but life has been rather frantic of late. However, I had my booster Covid jab a few days ago and I … Continue reading →

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Life and Hope: Facing a Challenging Winter

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Francis Pryor

Let me start with a profuse apology and then the good news. The apology is for the fact that it’s been over a month since I last did a piece for this blog. This was all the more unforgiveable given … Continue reading →

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The Garden will open on September 19th and 20th. Advance booking only.

Posted on September 13, 2020 by Francis Pryor

This is a short blog post to let everyone know that we’re opening our garden for the weekend of September 19-20th, 2020. Because of Covid-19 restrictions, the National Gardens Scheme are only allowing visitors who book in advance. Everything seems … Continue reading →

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A Tour Around Inley Drove Farm Garden in June and July, 2020: Part 2

Posted on July 17, 2020 by Francis Pryor

(This is the second part of the two special blogs written for visitors who would have come to our garden on a pre-booked tour, in June and July 2020. As everyone will know by now, we have had to cancel … Continue reading →

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A Tour Around Inley Drove Farm Garden in June and July, 2020: Part 1

Posted on July 11, 2020 by Francis Pryor

These two blog posts (this is the first part only) are written for the benefit of those visitors who would have come to our garden in a pre-booked tour, in June and July 2020. Sadly we have had to cancel … Continue reading →

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Back to Abnormality!

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Francis Pryor

It’s Sunday morning and for the first time in many weeks I’m not sitting down to write the last few chapters of my new book. Because they’re finished! Last night to celebrate we opened a bottle of Champagne which we … Continue reading →

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Dig for Victory!

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Francis Pryor

The Dig for Victory campaign was launched in 1941 at a time when food imports to Britain were being blocked by a very successful enemy naval blockade – mostly using submarines. Today, of course, the enemy is the Covid-19 pandemic, … Continue reading →

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Oh Dear, What a Wet Season…

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Francis Pryor

The rain showers kept coming. As my favourite commentator, Brenda from Bristol, would have said: ‘Not another one!’.1 The rain started more or less the weekend after we opened the garden for the National Gardens Scheme, back in September (note … Continue reading →

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