Haven Gardens, Hampshire

Grafted Tomato Paola F1 2025

Tomato Paola F1

Neofinita - Vanda falcata 'Zuiun' 2025

Neo

National Dahlia Society Nationals at RHS Wisley 2024

Dahlia 'Kelsey Sunshine'

Phalaenopsis Brown Sugar kokedama

Phalaenopsis Brown Sugar

OSGB Spring Show 2024

Group of Orchids
Best Species

OSGB Spring Show 2023

Masdevallia Prince Charming'

Masdevallia Prince Charming 'Trevor'

National Dahlia Society Nationals at RHS Wisley 2022

Dahlia 'Totally Tangerine'

National Dahlia Society Nationals at RHS Wisley 2021

Dahlia 'Weston Stardust'

Sundial Garden - Wisteria floribunda alba 2021

Wisteria floribunda alba

Group of flowering orchid terrariums

Orchid Terrariums

Masdevallia mendozae 'Mullus', Platystele orectoglossa 'Trevor and Mary', Mediocalcar decoratum

'Baby' Epipactis gigantea on OSGB Gold Medal exhibit at RHS Hampton Court 2021

November 2020 - Group of orchids in 1 m sq

September 2020 - Specklinia gracillima

April 2020 - Pleione grandiflora

National Dahlia Show Nationals at RHS Wisley 2019

Dahlia 'Weston Stardust'

Exhibit of flowering orchids in Bournemouth Orchid Society's 60th Anniversary Show at Highcliffe Castle , 30-31 March 2019

Guinness World Record - Sympodial Orchid - Verified 09 June 2018

Best Hybrid Orchid (Pleione Tongariro) at RHS London Orchid Show 2018

Phalaenopsis Black Bird

Phal. Black Bird

RHS Silver Flora Medal

RHS Chatsworth Flower Show 2017

Stuart Meeson exhibit of orchids in Floral Marquee at RHS Chatsworth Flower Show 2017

Stuart Meeson Epipactis gigantea in Floral Marquee at RHS Chatsworth Flower Show 2017

OSGB Photographic Competition Trophy 2016

Epipactis gigantea 'Trefor' + hoverfly in my garden OSGB Photographic Trophy

OSGB Autumn Show 2016

Platystele Jo Kelleher Trophy

National Dahlia Show Wisley Championship 2016

Dahlia 'Blue Bayou'

British Orchid Council Photographic Competition 2016

BOC logo OSGB new logo

OSGB 2015 Class 1 winner, BOC 2016 third equal with Bulb. Sierra Leone
Third equal in national competition

RHS Gold Medal

RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2015

Flower Box DCCC 2015

Central carpet feature
Flower Box Awards 2015

RHS Orchid Committee - Certificate of Cultural Commendation, June 2015

Epipactis gigantea 'Trefor' (Photo by Sam Hurley) CCC/RHS

OSGB Spring Show 2015

My Orchids

RHS Orchid Committee - Certificate of Appreciation, March 2015 (CCC/RHS 2017)

Masdevallia mendozae 'Mullus' CA/RHS

OSGB Autumn Show 2014

Autumn 2014

Chrysanthemum 'Misty Cream' Dahlia 'Embrace'

NVS Hampshire Association Autumn Show 2014

Carrots Foliage Plant Small Cactus Dahlia

National Dahlia Show Wisley Championship 2014

Dahlia 'Kelvin Floodlight'

Dahlia 'Embrace'

Epipactis gigantea

Epipactis

Members� plants - Epipactis gigantea. OSGBJ 2014; 63(3):177. Orchid Society of Great Britain ISSN 0306-2996

New Forest Show 2014

Gooseberry Potatoes

OSGB Photographic Competition 2014

Summer 2014

Dahlia 'Fleurel'

Dahlia 'Kelvin Floodlight'

Eucomis bicolor

Front border

Box duck

Roses Cordyline Box

Cordyline

Seed grown cactus has first flowers 2014

Mammillaria cylindrica cactus, grown from seed, has first flower

RHS Banksian Medal 2014 - OSGB

Full details on Banksian 2014 page

Spring 2014

Hippeastrum (amaryllis) 'Black Pearl' Tulip 'Blue Parrot'
Tulip 'World Expression'

OSGB Autumn Show 2013

National Dahlia Society Show, RHS Wisley 2013

Dahlia 'Viking' (5 Large Pompoms) Dahlia 'Avignon' (3 Large Decoratives)

Refreshed Border 2013

Refreshed border

Cordyline letter 2013

Cover of Amateur Gardening published 3rd August 2013

My Star Letter published 3rd August 2013

'Stella' cherries 2013

Cherries, plate of 20 Size of cherries

New Forest and Hampshire County Show 2013

Gooseberries ('Invicta'), plate of 20; Third Prize for Soft Fruit Courgettes ('Defender'), plate of 3

Summer 2013

Kew Gardens rose + Californian poppies
Front garden trough - zinnia, bedding dahlia, porcupine tomato Fuchsia

June Photographic Competition 2013

'Vanda Walk' @ RBG Kew

First Prize in Class 5

Early Summer 2013

Sedum forsterianum �Silver Stone� grown from seed
Orchid - Cypripedium 'Kentucky Pink Blush' Orchid - Epipactis gigantea in a hanging basket
Orchid - Cypripedium 'Reginae'

Spring 2013

Spring blossom

Spring blossom
Tulip 'Fly Away'

Orchid images (cont. 2013)

Puya chilensis 2012

Puya info slide

Seed packet from Tresco Abbey Garden My Puya chilensis, grown from seed winning First Prize in local Hort. Soc. Show 2006

My Puya chilensis 30th April My Puya chilensis 11th May
My Puya chilensis illuminated during a night thunderstorm!

My Puya chilensis 13th June

My Puya chilensis 20th June My Puya chilensis 23rd June My Puya chilensis, grown from seed (background removed)

Diamond Jubilee planting 2012

Me and a group of containers on Diamond Jubilee B/H (Highly commended in Fleet and Church Crookham in Bloom Competition) Imperial State Crown, made by my father using his wood lathe Jubilee souvenir tea caddy planted for Jubilee
My father + crown he made Homemade celebration fairy cakes

Jubilee planters, high summer (Commended in Fleet and Church Crookham in Bloom Competition)

Jubilee planters, high summer

Orchid images (cont. 2012)

BCSS - Woking Branch Autumn Show 2011

Aloe microstigma (Third Prize) Haworthia attenuata (Third Prize) Echeveria 'Duchess of Nuremberg' + Echeveria 'Black Prince'
Kalanchoe Sculpture Crassula coccinea + Echeveria 'Black Knight' Sempervivum calcareum (x2) & Sempervivum tectorum 'Hens and Chicks' + Echeveria glauca

Britain in Bloom - Fleet & Church Crookham in Bloom 2011

Front Garden 2011 entry

Local Horticultural Show 2011

Begonia 'Yellow', grown for local Hort. Soc. Show (First Prize) Dahlia 'Viking' (First Prize)
Fern or Foliar plant (First Prize) Fuchsia (First Prize) 5''pot plant - calceolaria or Lady's Slipper 'Sunset Mixed', grown for local Hort. Soc. Show (First Prize)
9 Shallots(First Prize) Lily one flower spike 'Lesley Woodriff' (First Prize) Single Dahlia 'Plum Ball' (First Prize)
Begonia 'Yellow', grown for local Hort. Soc. Show (First Prize)

Debbie Frosdick Memorial Plate for Lily Foster and Heanes trophy for vase of dahlias from President of Society 9x First Prize, 2x Second Prize, 2x Third Prize

Society's Show newsletter

Orchid images (cont.)

Dracunculs vulgaris 2011

Dracunculus vulgaris information slide

Dracunculus vulgaris (Dragon arum)

Cordyline in bloom 2011

Cordyline australis

Christmas Photographic Competition 2010

Vanda orchid 'Ruby Moon' (photo taken at RHS Wisley)

Second Prize in Class 1

Autumn 2010

Dahlia 'Charlie Dimmock'
Yucca filamentosa 'Colour-guard'

Fuchsia Crassula coccinea (from seed)
Ricinus communis (from seed) Cosmos 'Sea Shells' (from seed)

Late summer 2010

Good year for Victoria plums after all the snow!
Maybe a quarter of the harvest and not the largest fruit!

Front garden border Stone trough

Gazania 'Tiger stripes', from seed Mixed hanging basket (cont.)

Wall planter

Furcraea info slide Furcraea bulblets, a gift from Mike N. and Tresco Abbey Garden (autumn 2009)
Furcraea plants, nearly 1-year old Furcraea plant nearly 1-year old

Summer 2010

Petunia miniflora Mini Bella Picotee (from seed)

Lobelia tupa, from seed

Succulents hanging basket - Carpobrotus edulis (from seed), Xerochrysum bracteatum 'Sundaze Flame', green auricula (from seed) Bedding - Tomato 'Totem' (from seed), petunia, fuchsia, 'Amazon Sunset' Parrot's Beak
Helenium 'Sahin's Early Flowerer'
Bedding trough Lily
Dahlia 'Mary Evelyn' Dahlia 'Arabian Night'

Puya 2010

Puya info slide

Puya chilensis, spring (from seed)

Puya chilensis, summer (from seed)

Cordyline 2010

Cordyline australis

Crassula 2010

Crassula info slide

Crassula coccinea, from seed

Local Horticultural Show 2010 - RHS Banksian Medal Winner

Summer 2010

Summer Summer
Summer Summer

Clipping box

Box ball

Late spring 2010

Echium russicum, survived all the snow! Hesperis matronalis (sweet rocket), from seed Roses

Reluctant spring 2010

Webcam image of part of the back garden - narcissi appeared finally!

Trachycarpus fortunei seedlings potted up, a gift bare-root from a friend

Severe winter 2009-10

Contoneaster with snow Gorse with snow before heavy damage
Icicles Icicles

Autumn 2009

Puya chilensis (grown from seed)

Gentian - true blue in the autumn garden Nicotiana paniculata

Victoria plums Nicotiana paniculata
Cut dahlia 'Charlie Dimmock'

Late Summer 2009

Dahlia 'Viking'

Bonsai Succulent hanging basket - Carpobrotus (pink and orange forms) + Bracteantha Sundaze 'Flame' Hollyhock

Local Horticultural Show 2009

Dahlia 'Foster and Heanes Trophy�; 5 First, 2 Second and a third prize

Single lily stem

Fuchsia Courgettes (3) Cactus/succulent (Echeveria 'Duchess of Nuremberg')
Foliage plant (Hosta) Potatoes (4)

Crassula coccinea 2009

Crassula info slide

Crassula in May Crassula in June
Crassula in Mid-July

Early Summer 2009

June 2009 Nemophila 'Five Spot' - June 2009

June 2009

Cordyline blooms 2009

10th May, over a dozen flower spikes

10th May, over a dozen flower spikes
20th May, flowers preparing to open

20th May, flowers preparing to open

24th May, flowers preparing to open

31st May, flowers opening

3rd June, flowers open

Late Spring 2009

Echeveria 'Duchess of Nuremberg'

Tulip 'Antoinette' - Also known as the Chameleon Tulip - Each flower starts pale yellow, then pink edges appear and matures to a lovely salmon orange/red Same long lived, multi-headed, tulips two weeks later!

Snow 2009

Part of the initial eight inches of snow. Photos taken before I started clearing snow from evergreen and delicate plants.

Orchids 2008-2009

Autumn 2008

Snowy tree fern

Cordyline Chrysanthemum

Abutilon Dahlia 'Chat Noir'
Dahlia 'Lemon Zing' Dahlia
Dahlia Dahlia

Cordyline Dahlias
Dahlias

Sunflower at 2997 mm (9'10")

Sunflower - higher than the cherry tree!

Late summer 2008

Summer 2008

Cuphea Ignea

Cosmidium

Local Horticultural Show 2008

Single lily stem ('Miss Lucy') - click for larger image

Pot plant in bloom, pot <5 inch diameter (Cuphea Ignea) - click for larger image

Foliage plant (Begonia) - click for larger image

Cactus/succulent - click for larger image

Vase of Dahlias ('Canary Fubuki') - click for larger image

Pot plant in bloom, pot >5 inch diameter (Orchid - Cymbidium) - click for larger image

Me with two trophies. 34 pts in Hort classes: 4x First, 4x Second, 1x Third Prize - click for larger image. So many things had gone wrong 4 weeks before the show I wasn't going to enter, so glad I did!

Summer 2008

Tuberous begonia - click for larger image

Flowers in trough opening in early July - all plants from seed/tuber Trough with Dahlia 'Pooh' and Echium vulgare 'Blue Bedder' in bloom

Hanging basket