Garden Journal

Autumn: Rethinking your planting design
I have spent the summer visiting other gardens and coming back to take a fresh look at my own. I have been rethinking beds that aren’t quite right and planning...
Autumn: Rethinking your planting design
I have spent the summer visiting other gardens and coming back to take a fresh look at my own. I have been rethinking beds that aren’t quite right and planning...

How to be a water-wise gardener
When I first thought of writing about ways to conserve water, we were in the halcyon days of early summer when rules were being relaxed a little, the sun seemed...
How to be a water-wise gardener
When I first thought of writing about ways to conserve water, we were in the halcyon days of early summer when rules were being relaxed a little, the sun seemed...

Plants That Need Supporting Now Part 2: Climbers
The heavy, heavy rain of mid-June, I suspect, has found us all out! I thought that my peonies were well supported and was sure that most of the big herbaceous...
Plants That Need Supporting Now Part 2: Climbers
The heavy, heavy rain of mid-June, I suspect, has found us all out! I thought that my peonies were well supported and was sure that most of the big herbaceous...

Plants that need supporting now Part 1: Herbace...
As always with the weather in Britain, it is impossible to predict what the year will bring and when the growing season will start.
Plants that need supporting now Part 1: Herbace...
As always with the weather in Britain, it is impossible to predict what the year will bring and when the growing season will start.

How to create a wildflower meadow from scratch
Our traditional meadows are in steep decline. According to Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Director, Richard Deverell, we have lost 97% of our wildflower meadows since the 1930s.
How to create a wildflower meadow from scratch
Our traditional meadows are in steep decline. According to Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Director, Richard Deverell, we have lost 97% of our wildflower meadows since the 1930s.

Gardening notes: the goods, the bads and the do...
The time has come to update our photo library. Over the years we have tweaked designs: changing the size of the balls on some supports or the gauge of the...
Gardening notes: the goods, the bads and the do...
The time has come to update our photo library. Over the years we have tweaked designs: changing the size of the balls on some supports or the gauge of the...