The Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll

MY FAVOURITE BOOKS The Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll BY FRANK FRITSCHY 4 February 2018 She is the grandmother of all modern gardens and her designs are still an indispensable source for those who want to make a professional career as a garden or landscape architect. Her...

The Rage of Friederike

The Rage of Friederike 21 JANUARY, 2018 Garden Plants Perennials Roses Winter Last week storm ‘Friederike’ killed our old plum tree. For many years it served as coat stand for the jacket of Mr Bobby James. Only a few broken roof tiles It was inevitable that we had to...

Updates

Updates 16 DECEMBER, 2017 Winter November was soggy and wet and December started pretty cold. So nice weather to do some other pleasant things than gardening. Creating almost a new website In the last few months, I worked from time to time on a huge update of the...

Asters

PLANTS A TO Z Asters 7 October 2017 On visiting a lovely cottage garden of friends last year, I stumbled over a colourful display of Asters and a few weeks ago I planted some of them myself to enjoy their daisy-shaped flower heads during fall. Asters are lovely...

Public Squares

Public Squares 30 AUGUST, 2017 Main squares in cities can be a nasty place to visit. They are mostly overcrowded with parked cars. Most of all squares are surrounded by shops where booming loud music tried to invite people to buy things they seldom need. Kevelaer...

Der Rosenkavalier

MY FAVOURITE DVD’ S Der Rosenkavalier BY FRANK FRITSCHY 30 July 2017 In Richard Strauss‘ opera, Der Rosenkavalier Baron Ochs von Lerchenau asks the Marschalin to name a knight to go on his behalf to his fiancée Sophie in order to offer a silver rose. Restaging...