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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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One Green World


Due to dental surgery, I was unable to do any garden work this week. Since I felt well on Tuesday morning (the day after the surgery) but was told not to lift anything over 5 pounds, I suggested to Michael that we make another trek to Portland to look for a new sewing machine. This saga has been going on for a long time.  A trip two weeks ago was fruitless but he discovered another sewing machine store that sounded promising and it wasn't too much of a headache to get to. This time proved to be the charm - he found the machine he had been wanting - and happy to find a store that he could trust for the future. Let's hope this is a happy ending!

Since One Green World was just right down the road from the sewing center and the saleswoman needed about 20 minutes to get his order together, we decided to kill time there. I first discovered this nursery a few years ago when I was looking for a loquat. 

I've been contemplating another eucalyptus tree ever since I lost ours last year. And One Green World has a big collection of eucalyptus trees. They are a small nursery but have a wide variety of unique plants, especially fruiting trees, berries, citrus, native plants and a great variety of plants that push the zonal limits.






The Variegated Buckthorne is actually a plant we carry at Yard N' Garden Land from time to time.

Of course, we didn't leave empty-handed. We left with three plants -

New Zealand Trailing Tea Plant (Leptospermum scoparium) is an evergreen groundcover with small leaves and white flowers. It is in the myrtle family. 

 Omeo Gum (Eucalyptus neglecta) has large blue-green
 leaves with a purple cast in cool climates.

Acacia (Red Stemmed Wattle) (Acacia rubida) - a fast-growing tree from SE Australia with red stems and yellow flowers in the winter.

Now to figure out where they are going and if I can keep them alive!

Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy
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  1. Lisa at GreenbowAugust 25, 2022 at 8:27 AM

    Sounds like a fun day. New plants and New Sewing machine. I bet that new sewing machine can make a stitch similar to that New Zealand trailing tea plant.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 26, 2022 at 7:57 AM

    Glad you are on the mend, and happy for Michael for locating the sewing machine he cavorted, but where are you going to place those trees? Your garden always seem quite full to me :-D
    chavli

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  3. Kris PetersonAugust 26, 2022 at 9:53 AM

    I know of no better use for a little free time than walking a plant nursery. Thanks for your introduction to this one, which when I checked into that trailing Leptospermum I discovered offers mail orders. Shipping to SoCal would be pricey but another source for unusual plants is always welcome ;) I hope you're healing well after surgery.

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