Geoff Hamilton

Geoff Hamilton

The Themed Gardens of Barnsdale Today, we remember Geoff Hamilton, who was born on this day in 1936.  Hamilton was a presenter of the BBC’s Gardener’s World in the 1980s and 1990s he was also a gardener himself. Hamilton had a twin brother, and as a young kid, he became interested in horticulture by working in his…

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August 15, 2019 Garden Turmoil, Karl von Schreibers, Elias Magnus Friesz, John Torrey, Walter Crane, Geoff Hamilton, W.H. Auden, The Gardens of Emily Dickinson by Judith Farr, Pickerel Weed, and Sylvia Edlund

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Last week was one of turmoil in my garden. We decided to put new windows and siding on the house. Then we decided to enjoy the ravages of a hail storm which dumped ping pong ball sized hail on the garden for about five minutes – the entire storm lasted 30 minutes. I always remind…

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