Hello and welcome to my About me page..
Well, where does one start??  My name is Mark, I live in a small Town called Caistor, which is perched on the Lincolnshire Wolds!
Caistor is a VERY historical town..... we even have part of a Roman Wall still standing. If you haven't heard of The Lincolncolshire Wolds here is a link for you

   VISITLINCOLNSHIRE

 Also

LINCSWOLDS


and here is a link for Caistor itself


CAISTOR


Anyway, enough of Caistor and the area for now! Lets talk Crocosmia, afterall thats why I am here and you also........ I hope!!

I started collecting Crocosmia around 5 or 6 years ago, although I have had Lucifer in my garden ever since I moved here in 1988. 

My fascination started when I visited a local garden centre and saw some different ones as I was wandering around........ I instantly fell in love with a couple of them and took them home.

Then I looked on the dreaded internet and found lots of lovely sites to visit....... from then on, it just snowballed and now I have around 250+ varieties!! Yes, before anyone says anything, my garden is very very full.

In the last 5 or 6 years of collecting, I have met some of the most amazing people that I now call my friends..... some of who are in my links page!!



Anyway, I would at this point like to thank Mr David Fenwick, for all his help and information and guidance during my time of Collecting. David was also a National Collection Holder for Crocosmia until he had to give up his collection due to ill health.


Because of him, I applied for National Collection Status too........ Waiting for the yes or no was terrifying, but in the end was well worth all the waiting and anguish.
I got Full National Collection status in February 2007.

For those of you that don't know about National Collections....... follow this link!


NCCPG



Well, I think that will do for now..
Thank you so much for visiting my site and taking the time to read my about me page.
Hope you enjoy your time on here, looking at my photos and I hope the information is useful to you............




----- Mark -----