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October 5, 2011 | Things I like in Battersea Park There are many. It starts before stepping off Chelsea Bridge heading south. The burger van. Greasey smell and crumpled paper not-quite-in-the- bin to contrast with the tai chi. The bicycling, the limber upping, the joggers, runners, the dog walkers. And just the plain old A to Bers. Walking in the dappled shade from the avenues [...]  October 3, 2011 | Her Madge's beds are enough to make you gasp and stretch your eyes Outside Buckingham Palace there are a pair of beds that flank the top of the Mall. This piece of land nibbled out of St James Park and Green Park is called the Queen Victoria Memorial Gardens. The vegetable outriding of the marble monument that makes a turning circle for the palace. The beds are sensational. Bedding [...] October 2, 2011 | Well Hello Window Boxes Hmmmmmmmmm, those tidy little planted patches outside slick offices. An urban phenomenon. Downtown there are guys who are primping the spotted laurel nestling with showy cyclamens. It all looks so cool. My remit is to go a little outside the oh-so-smart financial areas and see how the free-style window box is making a mark. Well, Pimlico [...] |
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