Maybe Moss?
Reading time 6 minutes
Our garden table in Broadstairs has always been graced by central pot or trough of flowers. We opt for hardy cyclamen or violas in winter, followed by narcissi […]
Garden Design
Alive and Kicking (健在で)
Reading time 2 minutes
Those of you wondering where The Frustrated Gardener has got to need not worry. I am alive and kicking in China, having just been to […]
Trebah Gardens, Cornwall
Reading time 10 minutes
On the steep sides of the Helford River in Cornwall lie two famous gardens, as similar in style as the two halves of a […]
Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Cornwall
Reading time 12 minutes
Cornwall’s great gardens are, by and large, gardens that were created over 100 years ago and that have developed organically ever since. A handful have been rescued […]
Picturesque Perfect: Hotel Endsleigh, Devon
Reading time 17 minutes
‘A Cottage’ is how Georgina, sixth Duchess of Bedford, described her country home at Endsleigh in Devon. Most visitors today, whether to the garden […]
Dazzling Dixter
Reading time 11 minutes
Having been utterly engrossed in our own garden for the last few weeks it was a relief to get out and about and start the […]
Hampton Court Flower Show 2014: Vestra Wealth’s Vista
Reading time 5 minutes
I had never heard of Vestra Wealth before this year’s Hampton Court Palace Flower Show and that’s for one very good reason – I […]
RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2014 – Show Garden Highlights
Reading time 13 minutes
Chelsea needs to watch her back. Her bigger, louder and brighter sister at Hampton Court Palace is slowly but surely stealing her crown. Chelsea […]
Absolute Beginner
Reading time 6 minutes
I am a complete novice when it comes to growing fruit and vegetables. My last real experience was in my early teens when I […]
The Watch House Awaits….
Reading time 17 minutes
In just less than two weeks, we open our garden at The Watch House in Broadstairs for the National Gardens Scheme. It has not been […]
Old Bladbean Stud, Elham, Kent
Reading time 10 minutes
Joyful and life affirming is how I’d describe the garden at Old Bladbean Stud. Hidden among the labyrinthine lanes of South East Kent, owner […]
Amsterdam Open Gardens Weekend 2014
Reading time 13 minutes
We all know Amsterdam as a city arranged along tree-lined canals. Some are fronted with fine houses, others modest ones, but all share similar characteristics – […]