Anything Fauxs
Reading time 5 minutes
I have just returned from my annual pilgrimage to Christmas World, Europe’s biggest Christmas trade fair. Had I not known where I was, […]
Foliage
Frost Proof
Reading time 4 minutes
The weather in the South East has continued to be bitterly cold this week. Our seaside garden, normally sheltered from frost, must have succumbed […]
Daily Flower Candy: Correa ‘Marian’s Marvel’
Reading time 5 minutes
My sweetie jar has been a little empty of late, so I think it’s high time I resumed my occasional Daily Flower Candy series, […]
Sing Hallelujah!
Reading time 7 minutes
The builders have left the building – sing hallelujah, ring out the bells and fa la la la la!! We are finally free […]
A Walk in the Park
Reading time 5 minutes
They say “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”. In order to avoid falling into the same trap as Jack, […]
Le Jardin Secret, Marrakech
Reading time 20 minutes
To create a new garden and open it to the public in the space of three years would be a challenge for the […]
Pretty in Pink: Podranea ricasoliana
Reading time 3 minutes
Draped elegantly over the high walls surrounding Marrakech’s wealthier villas and riads is an elegant climber known variously as pink trumpet vine, Queen of […]
Holiday Mode
Reading time 4 minutes
Our “proper” holiday, by which I mean a holiday where I am looked after rather than being expected to look after others, has […]
Omens
Reading time 4 minutes
“I laugh because I must not cry. That is all. That is all.” Abraham Lincoln To say our current travails with the building […]
Daily Flower Candy: Cobaea scandens
Reading time 6 minutes
The last time I wrote about Cobaea scandens was at Christmas and I make no apology for featuring it again so soon. Barring a few […]
Creating a Splash
Reading time 5 minutes
At 8.30 this morning I had the pleasure of showing Margie, Helen and Sarah from our fantastic local gift shop around the garden […]
Getting The Chop
Reading time 8 minutes
Part of any gardener’s skill set is judging when enough is enough; that point where exuberance and gay abandon tip over into a top-heavy, […]