{"id":4470,"date":"2020-12-10T21:37:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T20:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?p=4470"},"modified":"2020-12-12T15:42:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T14:42:57","slug":"adam-pasco-gardener-for-all-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?p=4470","title":{"rendered":"Adam Pasco, Gardener for All Seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pasco-with-lavender-pots--1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pasco-with-lavender-pots--1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pasco-with-lavender-pots--300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pasco-with-lavender-pots--1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pasco-with-lavender-pots--2048x1370.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The speaker for our second Zoom lecture needed no introduction: Adam Pasco launched the BBC Gardeners\u2019 World magazine in 1991 and edited it for 22 years, he currently edits the Waitrose magazine, and has worked alongside gardening icons Geoff Hamilton, Geoffrey Smith and Alan Titchmarsh; he also lectures, is a renowned photographer and runs his own media company, adampascomedia.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grayshott Gardeners certainly felt the benefit of Adam\u2019s more than 40 years of experience in horticulture. His talk, entitled Creating a Garden for All Seasons covered 10 different ways of adding interest to a garden, illustrated with a selection of superb photographs from his own cottage-style garden: a magnificent Wedding Cake Tree (Cornus Controversa variegata) added for structural interest, various plants and combinations for long-time colour, (Narcissi got a specific mention) and different features for focal points such as the bench in a shady part of his garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pascos-garden-seat-in-shade-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4478\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pascos-garden-seat-in-shade-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=4478\" class=\"wp-image-4478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pascos-garden-seat-in-shade-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pascos-garden-seat-in-shade-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pascos-garden-seat-in-shade-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pascos-garden-seat-in-shade-2048x1370.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">A P&#8217;s garden: Seat in shade<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rosa-Gertrude-Jekyll-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4488\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rosa-Gertrude-Jekyll.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=4488\" class=\"wp-image-4488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rosa-Gertrude-Jekyll-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rosa-Gertrude-Jekyll-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rosa-Gertrude-Jekyll-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rosa-Gertrude-Jekyll.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Rosa &#8216;Gertrude Jekyll&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trees also got a mention owing to their various displays over the year. Adam encouraged us to grow something different (illustrated with a photo of his Australian Ptilotus &#8216;Joey&#8217;, featuring a mass of feathery pink cones, and is drought-resistant too) and reminded us not to forget scent (Nemesia &#8216;Wisley Vanilla&#8217;), planting for wildlife to encourage bees and hover flies, and finally, to choose a star plant for every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Astrantia-major-Roma-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4482\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Astrantia-major-Roma-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=4482\" class=\"wp-image-4482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Astrantia-major-Roma-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Astrantia-major-Roma-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Astrantia-major-Roma-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Astrantia-major-Roma-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Astrantia major &#8216;Roma&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Epimedium-Frohnleiten-Brunnera-Jack-Frost-in-shade-border-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4484\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Epimedium-Frohnleiten-Brunnera-Jack-Frost-in-shade-border-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=4484\" class=\"wp-image-4484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Epimedium-Frohnleiten-Brunnera-Jack-Frost-in-shade-border-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Epimedium-Frohnleiten-Brunnera-Jack-Frost-in-shade-border-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Epimedium-Frohnleiten-Brunnera-Jack-Frost-in-shade-border-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Epimedium-Frohnleiten-Brunnera-Jack-Frost-in-shade-border-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Epimedium &#8216;Frohnleiten&#8217; + Brunnera &#8216;Jack Frost&#8217; in shade border<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To help us with the latter, Adam proceeded to list suitable plants for every month of the year, illustrated with eye-catching, colourful photographs. He finished his talk with jobs to do in winter, motivating us to identify gaps and to consciously look for something to plug that gap. The evening ended with a Q and A session, leaving the audience of Grayshott Gardeners greatly inspired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sue W. is lining up a number of well-known captivating speakers , accompanied by superb photographs and more often than not unmissable tips, plus a chance to catch up with fellow-Grayshott Gardeners for our programme of online Zoom lectures to cover the COVID19 period. Information and a link to participate is included in the monthly Newsletter, or email info@grayshottgardeners.net<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pascos-garden-view-early-June-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4480\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pascos-garden-view-early-June-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=4480\" class=\"wp-image-4480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pascos-garden-view-early-June-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pascos-garden-view-early-June-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pascos-garden-view-early-June-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pascos-garden-view-early-June-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">A P&#8217;s garden view in early June<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pasco-with-potted-Agapanthus-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4476\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pasco-with-potted-Agapanthus-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=4476\" class=\"wp-image-4476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pasco-with-potted-Agapanthus-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pasco-with-potted-Agapanthus-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pasco-with-potted-Agapanthus-1020x1536.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pasco-with-potted-Agapanthus-1360x2048.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adam-Pasco-with-potted-Agapanthus-scaled.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Adam  with potted Agapanthus<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The speaker for our second Zoom lecture needed no introduction: Adam Pasco launched the BBC Gardeners\u2019 World magazine in 1991 and edited it for 22 years, he currently edits the Waitrose magazine, and has worked alongside gardening icons Geoff Hamilton, Geoffrey Smith and Alan Titchmarsh; he also lectures, is a renowned photographer and runs his &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?p=4470\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Adam Pasco, Gardener for All Seasons<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-lectures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4470"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4496,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4470\/revisions\/4496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}