Category Archives: gardens

in the Peloponnese again (Ziria, aka Kyllini)

Posted on July 23, 2017 by jonathan trustram

This gallery contains 25 photos.

Ziria – what a tasteful mountain!                                         Ziria or Kyllini, it has both names. The whitest mountain, and without snow: white … Continue reading →

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meanwhile in Clissold Park…

Posted on May 24, 2017 by jonathan trustram

…with the help of £6,000,000, mostly lottery money, they’ve been creating a bindweed theme park in the new flower gardens, where the old rose garden was taken out, next to the house. here’s some background information, in an article from … Continue reading →

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new outrage in SE1

Posted on May 21, 2017 by jonathan trustram

I’ve been thinking about writing about this for a few weeks now. And I’ve got the photos. I can’t decide whether  it’s a completely cynical project by  developers who maybe controlled and perverted the intentions of all those who took … Continue reading →

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I’ve been busy gardening

Posted on March 22, 2017 by jonathan trustram

John Clare: Where last years leaves and weeds decay March violets are in blow I’d rake the rubbish all away And give them room to grow My favourite poem on gardens and gardening.  He’s not even in a garden, but … Continue reading →

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phormiums and cordylines

Posted on January 15, 2017 by jonathan trustram

People said to me, ‘Jonny, why do you hate phormiums and cordylines?’ And I said, ‘well, everybody needs something to hate’.    But the real answer is that they’re horrible. and they’re everywhere, and that I used to have to … Continue reading →

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on Mint Street

Posted on October 5, 2016 by jonathan trustram

something I wrote last year, another beginning to the whole story of our work in Putting Down Roots, St Mungo’s gardening project.  here it is because I can’t wait for ever Something I wrote last year (2015) as I ploughed … Continue reading →

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footnote to an easy climb

Posted on February 9, 2016 by jonathan trustram

two photos of a fabulous flower that I haven’t seen, so I got the images from the web. I was so close, or I thought I was. I’ll tell the story later. (http://www.actaplantarum.org/floraitaliae)   They say: ‘specie estremamente rara a … Continue reading →

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in the garden, blue tits

Posted on December 8, 2015 by jonathan trustram

As part of a project to stop my brain from turning into a stony mush I have just calculated that in the last nine months the birds in the garden have consumed a quantity of sunflower seeds equal to the … Continue reading →

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At Lamledra

Posted on December 8, 2015 by jonathan trustram

Here’s a link to the house website: http://lamledrahouse.co.uk/ see also:at Lamledra (2) lamledra 3  seductive sky above the Dodman Coming home from just about anywhere in Europe it’s easy to feel disappointed with our native flora. Orchids which are common in … Continue reading →

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some more poppies

Posted on November 26, 2014 by jonathan trustram

This is Papaver rhaeticum, growing in the wide stony Morteratsch valley in the Engadine. Here a path follows the two kilometre, 130 year retreat of the glacier, and signs record the position of the tongue at ten year intervals.   … Continue reading →

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