Book Review – The Kinfolk Garden
Reading time 10 minutes
I am generally reticent about writing book reviews. However, when the first couple of critiques I read online are comedically scathing, my interest is […]
Book Reviews
Hairnets and Harry Wheatcroft – The Chelsea Flower Show in 1973
Reading time 11 minutes
The Beau is a thoughtful chap. For my birthday earlier this week he managed to track down a copy of the Chelsea Flower Show […]
A Bookish Birthday
Reading time 5 minutes
You might well assume that I’d had enough of being busy doing nothing over the Christmas holidays. That’s certainly not the case. Over the […]
Getting Away From It All
Reading time 7 minutes
Like many folk, we’ve barely spent a night away from home since the New Year. I love The Watch House with all my heart, […]
10 Books on my Winter Reading List
Reading time 12 minutes
Having built myself a library, you would think I’d be spending all my time sitting about and reading. Unfortunately that’s so far from […]
Story of Flowers – Azuma Makoto
Reading time 4 minutes
If you have delved into my essential reading list, you will already know that I find the work of floral artist Azuma Makoto […]
The Amazon Man Cometh
Reading time 6 minutes
Oh dear. Him Indoors has gone skiing and left me alone, at home, with only my credit card for company. It’s dangerous territory, […]
Book Review: “Daffodil: Biography of a Flower”
Reading time 5 minutes
“I’m always pleased to see a daffodil” confesses Oxford University botanist Dr Robert Scotland to the author of this new account of the […]
Book Review – 365 Days of Colour in Your Garden
Reading time 5 minutes
My initial response to the launch of “365 Days of Colour in Your Garden” at the end of 2015 was to ask myself whether […]
Hoard
Reading time 1 minute
I think I did rather well, don’t you? Wishing you and yours a magical Christmas Day. The Frustrated Gardener, December 25th 2015.
A Growing Obsession
Reading time 7 minutes
The promise of a new library has fuelled my growing obsession with books related to gardens and gardening. My Christmas list is a roll call of […]
Book Review – Garden Design: A Book of Ideas
Reading time 5 minutes
I love a new gardening book, which is a dangerous passion when so many fresh titles hit the shelves every year. Most are glossy, many interesting […]