Open Your Heart to Gardening with Kandy Shepherd
In my new release, The Tycoon’s Christmas Dating Deal, the magnificent gardens of Longfield Manor,
the ancestral home of my hero Oliver are featured quite often. Even at Christmas time, which is winter
in England, the gardens have a stark glory. Then there is the medieval walled garden, a favourite of
heroine Marissa. The walled garden in winter plays a significant part in Oliver and Marissa’s love store,
in spring it—I have to stop there for fear of a spoiler!
I don’t have a medieval walled garden, but I do have a pretty, cottage-style garden at our little farm in
the Blue Mountains of NSW, Australia. I love to spend time gardening there. My garden is at its best in
Spring which DownUnder is right now. Here, I’m sharing some favourite photos of my October garden
with snowballs, iris, aquilegia and tulips the stars. November will be rose time!
My husband laid the paths over several winters
We love this snowball tree
Tulips like the cold winter
Bearded iris with feline photo-bomber Alfie
Bird bath adds colour
The aquilegias are all self-sown
Friendly visitors, Australian King Parrots
Flowering cherry
Kandy Shepherd is a best-selling, award-winning author of contemporary romance. Her heartfelt, passionate stories are set in exciting locations around the world and are published in multiple languages. Kandy believes in love-at-first-sight and real-life romance—she and her husband of many years decided to spend their lives together after three days! She loves it when readers tell her that her books make them laugh and make them cry. Kandy lives near Sydney, Australia with her husband and numerous four-legged friends.
HIS CANDY CANE CONTRACT
The loss of her parents makes working the holidays difficult for event planner Marissa. But planning a party for tycoon Oliver is an offer she can’t refuse. The problem? Oliver—her childhood crush!—needs her to be his fake date… Following his beloved grandfather’s passing, Oliver’s dedicated to giving their family manor the farewell it deserves. But his grieving grandmother is convinced that Marissa is his girlfriend, and why shatter her dreams? Yet as the festivities ramp up, the terms of their deal blur. Is their chemistry real or just a trick of the twinkle lights?
To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.
ReplyDelete...said Audrey Hepburn
And yes, I agree. Living all the Seasons with our garden, we love too.
Greetings by Heidrun
I'm glad you love your garden too, Heidrun. I love the quote from Audrey Hepburn - so true!
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful garden and I love the pretty parrots. Thanks for sharing the book! Take care, have a great day!
So glad you enjoyed the the post, Eileen.
DeleteYour spring garden looks wonderful 🤩 I'm really looking forward to my favorite season. Here on the other side of the world we have to get through autumn and winter first 😉
ReplyDeleteAll the best from Austria to Australie, Traude
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I'm always glad to see the end of winter and the garden coming back to life, Traude! thank you for the greetings.
DeleteYou can't beat a spring garden! Best wishes with your new book.
ReplyDeleteYes, spring is my favourite time in the garden! Thank you for your best wishes regarding the book, I loved writing it.
DeleteGorgeous! I love the tulips in the oval blue planters. Alfie looks like he/she is getting a nice sniff of the flowers! My goodness, I can't imagine have parrots visit the garden, how wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Glad you liked the tulips, I carefully planned the colours when planting the tulips and am so pleased with the results, but I need to plant more tulips in the pot for next year. The parrots are so friendly we adore them.
Deletesnowball looks pretty good.....
ReplyDeletelove to have "Friendly visitors, Australian King Parrots"
Your October garden is a paradise.
ReplyDeleteThank you for that lovely comment! Yes, the garden really is beautiful at this time of year we love spending time in it.
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ReplyDeleteThat is beautiful. Thanks for sharing, and I'm envious of your longer growing season. :)
ReplyDeleteTulip is one of my favorites.... lovely flower
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