Garden Journal
Now’s the time to plant standard roses …
I’ve just returned from a week’s botanical painting in rural Transylvania where heavy, thundery showers alternated with days of warm sunshine.
Now’s the time to plant standard roses …
I’ve just returned from a week’s botanical painting in rural Transylvania where heavy, thundery showers alternated with days of warm sunshine.
A visit to the NGS People’s Choice Garden
I was privileged in early July, as one of a small NGS group, to visit the garden of Sarah and Sal Pajwani. Sarah was the winner of the NGS People’s...
A visit to the NGS People’s Choice Garden
I was privileged in early July, as one of a small NGS group, to visit the garden of Sarah and Sal Pajwani. Sarah was the winner of the NGS People’s...
Jobs in the garden…
Just as birds moult in July, so the garden seems to go through a quiet phase before it begins to put on the fiery colours of late summer and early...
Jobs in the garden…
Just as birds moult in July, so the garden seems to go through a quiet phase before it begins to put on the fiery colours of late summer and early...
Reflections on RHS Chelsea 2022
Having just returned from the bustle and drama that is a Chelsea Flower Show, I thought I would pause and reflect on Chelsea 2022, on the plants and trends that...
Reflections on RHS Chelsea 2022
Having just returned from the bustle and drama that is a Chelsea Flower Show, I thought I would pause and reflect on Chelsea 2022, on the plants and trends that...
Suddenly I love orange…
I haven’t abandoned my normal restrained colour scheme of whites (viburnums, roses, hydrangeas, peonies); greens (euphorbias, Alchemilla mollis) and purple/blues (phlox, iris sibirica, alliums, clematis) but last year I wanted...
Suddenly I love orange…
I haven’t abandoned my normal restrained colour scheme of whites (viburnums, roses, hydrangeas, peonies); greens (euphorbias, Alchemilla mollis) and purple/blues (phlox, iris sibirica, alliums, clematis) but last year I wanted...
Making Spring a Growing Success – How to Grow R...
Across the land right now, gardeners will be constructing and assembling structures to hold this season’s crops of homegrown beans. Whether it’s runner beans or French beans, picking freshly grown...
Making Spring a Growing Success – How to Grow R...
Across the land right now, gardeners will be constructing and assembling structures to hold this season’s crops of homegrown beans. Whether it’s runner beans or French beans, picking freshly grown...