Garden Journal
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...
Planting containers
The moment the sun comes out and I can feel its warmth on my face, I start potting up tubers and sowing seeds for my summer borders and containers. Of...
Planting containers
The moment the sun comes out and I can feel its warmth on my face, I start potting up tubers and sowing seeds for my summer borders and containers. Of...
Planting ideas for this year
Although there is not yet much colour in our gardens, greens can still be used to great effect. In the first of the photos above, tubs of green hellebores make...
Planting ideas for this year
Although there is not yet much colour in our gardens, greens can still be used to great effect. In the first of the photos above, tubs of green hellebores make...