Daily Flower Candy: Hosta “Halcyon” AGM
Reading time 3 minutes
Alright, enough now, all this wet stuff has been marvellous but where’s the sun? This time last year it was scorching – so scorching […]
Foliage
Going to The Chapel
Reading time 12 minutes
When a new garden opens for the National Gardens Scheme in Thanet it’s a major event, principally because there are only three others, […]
Standing Room Only
Reading time 6 minutes
With the garden at Polegate Cottage temporarily occupied by builders and tradesmen, I am experiencing an explosion in the plant population next door […]
Castle Park Physic Garden, Bristol
Reading time 6 minutes
As I alighted from the train at Bristol Temple Meads station on Saturday, I worked out that it had been 25 years since […]
Daily Flower Candy: Catalpa bignonioides “Aurea” AGM
Reading time 5 minutes
I am deep into writing two or three lengthy posts, each of which is defying me when it comes to crafting a satisfactory […]
A Tale of Two Gardens
Reading time 13 minutes
Nurturing two gardens eighty eight miles apart is mainly a blessing, but sometimes a curse. The task becomes tricky if we want to […]
Daily Flower Candy: Crinodendron hookerianum
Reading time 2 minutes
Crinodendron hookerianum: Chilean lantern tree, Tricuspidaria lanceolata There are some trees that you don’t come across very often, but when you do they are […]
Chelsea Flower Show 2016: The Royal Bank of Canada Garden
Reading time 9 minutes
Before I wind up my coverage of the 2016 Chelsea Flower Show there are two posts I feel compelled to write. The first […]
Chelsea Flower Show 2016: The Viking Cruises Mekong Garden
Reading time 6 minutes
For some reason the woodland ride that connects the Chelsea Flower Show’s Artisan Gardens seemed particularly quiet this year. On previous visits this […]
Chelsea Flower Show 2016: The M&G Garden
Reading time 9 minutes
And now for something completely different, a garden that should appeal to those of you with more freestyle sensibilities. There are always one […]
Chelsea Flower Show 2016: The Vestra Wealth Garden of Mindful Living
Reading time 9 minutes
Despite the unpredictability of the British weather, the idea of outdoor living has always appealed to me. In another life I’m convinced I lived […]
Chelsea Flower Show 2016: Best in Show – The Telegraph Garden
Reading time 12 minutes
The problem with writing about The Chelsea Flower Show is that there’s so much to say and so little time to say it. And […]