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Agatha Christie's Greenway (Devon, England) - The House

I can think of two places that we visited where I enjoyed the house more than the gardens. The first was Greenway, not for the house itself, which was surprisingly small and cramped, but for the history behind it and the fascinating mementos on display. Agatha Christie and her husband Max Mallowan were enthusiastic collectors. You can see their collections on display throughout the house - European and Oriental ceramics, pottery, African tribal masks, Egyptian artifacts, Tunbridge ware, china, trinkets, and books. The Morning Room has a portrait of Agatha Christie as a child and her doll Rosie, sitting in a chair - The Drawing Room was where the family would gather in the evenings. Christie would entertain guests by reading chapters from manuscripts of her latest books.  Agatha Christie's bedroom. Max always slept on a smaller portable traveling cot (you can see part of it in the foreground). It was his favorite bed and he carried it with him on all of his archaeological travels. N...
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Late winter arrangement



We are having a few friends over tonight to watch the Oscars. I picked some camellias, daffodils and hellebores and Michael did an arrangement for the kitchen.

It is winter?? You would not know from the temperatures. Close to 70 today. I felt guilty about not getting out and working but there was too much to do inside. Enjoy the Oscars if you watching!

 

 

Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy
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  1. serial tillerFebruary 26, 2012 at 4:34 PM

    I love to make arrangements to enjoy indoors almost as much as I like growing them. This is beautiful!

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  2. Lisa at GreenbowFebruary 27, 2012 at 3:38 AM

    Well done Michael. This arrangement looks more like spring than winter. Beautiful.

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  3. EveFebruary 27, 2012 at 4:15 AM

    That is just beautiful! Wish I had Michael's talent!

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  4. Dirty Girl GardeningFebruary 27, 2012 at 9:12 AM

    Gorgeous arrangements, I bet the aroma is outrageous!!

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  5. Rosedale GardenFebruary 28, 2012 at 3:48 AM

    Very pretty. I'm not sure what's happened to my camelia's. They are looking sad like they've been through a harse winter. Mary

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 28, 2012 at 5:14 AM

    Absolutely beautiful!


    Sable

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  7. Gardening Under The InfluenceFebruary 28, 2012 at 6:50 AM

    Red carpet arrangement!

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  8. GailFebruary 29, 2012 at 1:26 PM

    That's a beautiful arrangement Phillip. Hope the party was fun. gail

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  9. sweetbayMarch 1, 2012 at 8:32 PM

    Beautiful arrangement. You'd never know it was the beginning of March here either -- got to 80 degrees here today!

    You asked about the apple trees -- I'm no expert, but here's what we did: sticky fake apples for maggotfly and another trap for other pests too. That's it. I think if you want pretty fruit you probably do have to spray -- we didn't in the past and used the apples for cooking.

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  10. Tatyana@MySecretGardenMarch 1, 2012 at 9:14 PM

    Phillip, Michaeeel, it is one lovely arrangements!

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  11. AnonymousMarch 3, 2012 at 9:10 PM

    Absolutely gorgeous!

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  12. DariciaMarch 4, 2012 at 11:13 AM

    wow, that arrangement is absolutely beautiful!

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