Bramble & Briar

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What if you had another chance to get it right?
Bramble & Briar #121. Why garden-based resolutions hit different
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Meetings with plants: Rose ‘Ballerina’
Bramble & Briar #120. A rose that keeps on going
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A prickle: roseleaf sage
Bramble & Briar #119. There might be a bigger salvia, but I've yet to meet one
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Why garden rooms don’t work for me
Bramble & Briar #118. Outside is outside and inside just isn't. Plus, a ceiling has nothing on the sky
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The first shag of the year
Bramble & Briar #117. In June, the garden joyfully lets itself go
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Meetings with plants: purple smoke bush
Bramble & Briar #116. Who knew pruning could be so much fun?
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The sign of the peony
Bramble & Briar #115 Why the showiest flower in the garden might also be the saddest
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May 2025

Meetings with plants: purple cranesbill
Bramble & Briar #114. Why this should be your favourite geranium
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Maybe I just get too attached to things
Bramble & Briar #113. Pets, inanimate objects. Even (occasionally) people. Plants, definitely.
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A prickle: Anthriscus sylvestris ‘Ravenswing’
Bramble & Briar #112 Cow parsley, but purple.
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My entirely unnecessary banana
Bramble & Briar #111. Making sure your garden dreams are your own.
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Meetings with plants: aquilegia
Bramble & Briar #110. When the garden tells you what it wants to grow, you'd better listen
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