Having a garden in Cyprus is quite different to anywhere else in the world.  Cyprus enjoys year round sun with very high summer  temperatures and  little or no rainfall and what there is comes between November and  March. Snow falls on the Troodos Mountains  during the winter and frost  can be experienced at elevations of around 300 m and above. Soils can  be red clay or sandy and free draining and there is no great depth of  soil anywhere so gardening is a real challenge! 

My name is Patricia Jordan and I lived and gardened in various countries before coming to Cyprus. I would like to share my gardening  experiences with you through these pages. Each month there are  suggestions of what to do in the garden and which plants are available  locally.

Gardening should be a relaxing and enjoyable hobby and so if you have any  problems do contact me and I look forward to helping you out.

My CV

Attended Horticultural College in Glasgow as a mature Student 1981-1984

Attended Auchincruive College - Garden Design Course

AWARDS

Many Gold and Large Gold medals at Horticultural Shows in the Central Belt  of Scotland for displays of hostas plus Silver Medals at RHS Shows in  Scotland

Awarded 'Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Medal' by the Royal Caledonian  Horticultural Society for outstanding service to Scottish Horticulture - 2000

JUDGE

City of Glasgow International Rose Trials 1992-1998

South Lanarkshire Council's School Bulb Growing Competition 1995-2000

Area Judge and Finals Judge South Lanarkshire Council's Best Gardens Competition

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Past Vice Chairman Glasgow Evergreen - Committee involved in the organisation of Flower and Vegetable Shows in Glasgow

Past Chairman of Glasgow Cathcart Flower Club

Founder Secretary of the Strathclyde Group of the National Council for the  Conservation of Plants and Gardens (NCCPG) also Treasurer and Newsletter Editor 1983 - 2000

Past Council member, F & GP Member, and Strategy Review Member of NCCPG

Holder of THREE National Collections® of Plants  (Anthemis tinctoria, Hosta & Ligularia) 1985-2000

Co-ordinator of the annual UK-wide NCCPG Rare Plant Exchange and Newsletter

Editor of Strathclyde NCCPG Group Newsletter 1994 - 2000

Member Royal Horticultural Society

Member Philanthes and Ikebana Club, Nicosia

Author of 'The Cyprus Garden' 2005, reprinted 2006, 'The Potted Garden' 2006 and 'The Cyprus Orchard' in 2007

Gardening Feature Writer for Cyprus Sunday Mail from 2003 -

Cyprus Living magazine  2006 -

In Touch Magazine 2006 - 2009

Cyprus Today 2006 -

From 1980 until 2000 the family lived in Kittoch Mill, Carmunnock Glasgow  Scotland, where Patricia created a 3 acre woodland garden which became  world famous for its National Collections of Hosta, Ligularia and  Anthemis tinctoria.