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The June gap - fill gaps in the garden borders
If your garden is suffering from the June gap, get some ideas to fill gaps in your garden borders...
Charlotte Noar
Jun 18, 20243 min read
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No mow May - let the grass grow
Letting your grass grow could not only reduce pollution and increase vital pollinators, but reduce your carbon footprint too
Charlotte Noar
May 28, 20245 min read
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Chelsea flower show - flower of the year 2024
For those of us whose eyes are always looking to the garden, the Chelsea Flower Show can seem as though it's just a continuation of our...
Charlotte Noar
May 21, 20242 min read
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Preserving Hope: The Story of Flowers Collected from a War Zone
With the many conflicts going on in the world at the moment (Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine, Libya to name a few) it is now more than ever that we...
Charlotte Noar
Feb 7, 20242 min read
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Transform Your Garden with These Free Flower Seeds
Flowers grow and turn to seed every year for free as part of nature, and yet it can cost a lot to buy plants and flowers ourselves....
Charlotte Noar
Jan 17, 20242 min read
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@Butterfliesinthegreenhouse - 'my grandparents old garden'
What is a garden? For me it is made up of memories, people a sense of place - as well as beautiful plants of course. I often feel that...
Charlotte Noar
Jun 7, 20234 min read
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Vintage stoneware
I love vintage stoneware jars, and they have a sentimental connection for me to the place where I grew up. When I was saying goodbye to...
Charlotte Noar
Mar 9, 20232 min read
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More than just a mug
When I had the idea to use my floral art as designs on mugs, it was more than just a physical product I had in mind. Those who know me...
Charlotte Noar
Oct 31, 20223 min read
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Gardening in a heatwave
Some top tips for keeping your garden green during hot summer weather - what to water and when, and which plants to grow for hot weather.
Charlotte Noar
Aug 2, 20224 min read
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Seeds to sow in July
What seeds to sow in July? A few ideas for flowers to propagate in the English garden in July.
Charlotte Noar
Jul 21, 20222 min read
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Growing sweet peas
Top tips for growing sweet peas from seed and how to grow strong healthy sweet pea plants.
Charlotte Noar
Jan 18, 20224 min read
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Garden tea with Lavender and Forget me nots
It's not often we find a way to immortalise a memory in something tangible. Flowers are so transient and short-lived, but when they...
Charlotte Noar
Sep 8, 20213 min read
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Thyme for tea
Most of us tea lovers are so familiar with buying teabags that we can pop into a mug that we never think about going out to the garden,...
Charlotte Noar
Aug 5, 20215 min read
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Floral notebooks
Recycled, handprinted floral notebooks - another way to enjoy the garden all year round the home. I'm always interested in new ways that...
Charlotte Noar
Jun 9, 20211 min read
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Wishing on a Dandelion
Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale) – are well known as the bane of a well tended garden, but the more I look into these yellow flowered...
Charlotte Noar
May 19, 20215 min read
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Forget me not - a pretty poignant weed
Back in December I began writing about the process of printing my forget me not print. This little flower is so connected to remembrance...
Charlotte Noar
Apr 16, 20214 min read
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Grow flowers to match Charlotte Noar mugs - guest post
Top tips to create flowers throughout the seasons to match your gorgeous Charlotte Noar mugs.
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Apr 1, 20214 min read
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The Secret Garden - a testament to the healing power of gardens.
If ever there was a book about the healing power of gardens and the love they can evoke, then the Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson...
Charlotte Noar
Oct 22, 20208 min read
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Leaving a garden you love
Wrapped up in our feelings about leaving the garden might be the circumstances in which we have to leave it.
Charlotte Noar
Sep 14, 20206 min read
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