The Delights of Delphiniums
On the 4th of April I was lucky enough to attend the talk on the Delights of Delphiniums by Greg Venesse of the Front Gardeners’ Nursery. It was lovely to […]
START WITH SOIL – Juliet Sargeant
In March Juliet Sargeant inspired, informed and entertained the EAGG audience with her talk on ‘Start with Soil.’ Juliet is a Chelsea Gold-winning garden designer, a regular panellist on Radio […]
Visit to Ireland’s Meadow, Little Waldingfield
The EAGG members’ visit in mid-February to Ireland’s Meadow turned out to be a dry day after what seemed like weeks of rain! This was welcomed by us as we […]
Companion Planting
Talk by Dr. Ian Bedford 7 February Dr. Ian Bedford, bug expert, recently entertained and informed the EAGG audience with his talk on Companion Planting. These are his notes on […]
Chairman’s Letter – Feb 2026 AGM
2025 was another tricky year for gardeners, as we battled with the long drought in the summer, and a very gloomy but thankfully wet, autumn. This is my last Chairman’s […]
Fullers Mill Garden
EAGG Visit – 12 May 2012 and again in August 2022 Fullers Mill Garden lies down a forest road just north of Bury St Edmunds. The sombre gloom of the […]
East Ruston Old Vicarage
Nestled in between the pages of the current novel to laze away the summer afternoons in the shade is a snow gum leaf, already in early August, turned red and […]
Summer Roses
“Summer afternoon, summer afternoon, to me these are the two most beautiful words in the English language.” Henry James. I have to agree with Henry James, although I must say […]
Spindle
Euonymus europaeus is one of our few native shrubs. In autumn it looks dramatic with its brightly coloured leaves and vivid, lobed fruits with bright orange seeds. It can be […]
True Blue
If you think about it, true blue flowers are quite rare; nature seems to favour a sort of washed out magenta or lilac. The flowers listed by nurserymen as blue […]