Welcome to garden jewels. My own name is Jools and I love gardening, plants, visiting gardens, and talking about gardens. So that’s mostly what I’ll be talking about here, though I’ve been known to go off topic from time to time…
I live in Galway in the west of Ireland, but I’m originally from Virginia on the east coast of America – two completely different places to garden. Imagine my delight when I realised I’d never need a pickax to break through the soil in Ireland after working on Virginia hard pan my entire life. Lush and green is this fair isle, but nothing beats my childhood memories of finding a lady slipper or ripe blueberries in the woods beside my house in Virginia, or picking warm tomatoes from the vine (that’s outside mind you, not in a glasshouse). I’m privileged to have the experiences of both places and it is my pleasure to share them with you.
Comments and questions are more than welcome but will be loosely monitored.