tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21340960.post5602041468483773792..comments2023-04-25T21:13:57.364+01:00Comments on Toddington Manor Head gardener, garden designer for 'Applegate Gardens' and 'Garden Design Pro'...: Snow in January's gardenLinette Applegatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10011353518141967717noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21340960.post-16132544552199504492007-07-19T22:18:00.000+01:002007-07-19T22:18:00.000+01:00I'm having fun reading your Blog - it's bringing a...I'm having fun reading your Blog - it's bringing a lot back! I remember digging in the herbaceous border under the pleached limes and finding by accident the old drainage tunnel (my spade went through the bricks)running up the border on the beech side. I also remember battling with a windswept piece of paper in January 1990 trying fairly much in vain to match the original design to the plants actually "growing" in January! The other three gardeners passed me on the way to the Bothy for the 3 o'clock tea break & I joined them. When we all emerged at 3.15 the 8 wonderful Victorian chimneys had fallen in the gale, 2 crashing into the courtyard and 6 onto the path by the Copper Beech where we'd all walked at 3 o'clock - a lucky escape. I think we took at least 6 weeks clearing up the fallen trees in the gardens.<BR/>I really loved the gardens and loved working for Lady Bowman-Shaw! Lucky you!!!KathrynR1402https://www.blogger.com/profile/03199716359548003660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21340960.post-20487613541756063542007-06-12T14:56:00.000+01:002007-06-12T14:56:00.000+01:00I enjoyed reading your blog. I did read all the wa...I enjoyed reading your blog. I did read all the way down to August 2006. The gardens look wonderful and it is inspirational to see all the oppurtunity that I have here ahead of me. We have ten acres herewith a garden up near the house and a small hoophouse. I found your site quite by accident while searching for a topic on watering plants in a greenhouse and it lead me to your blog "the head gardener at the manor house".Penny Trupiano, Southern Michigan, USAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21340960.post-46263726759627768392007-02-05T23:18:00.000+00:002007-02-05T23:18:00.000+00:00What gorgeous pics... they are almost enough to ma...What gorgeous pics... they are almost enough to make me wonder if I could handle the maintenace required to have an allee of pleached trees here! (I know I couldn't--I'll have to just keep enjoying them in other people's gardens.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.com