The RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022 – 5 Sensational Show Gardens
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It was so good to return to Chelsea and witness its return to form. In this post I showcase 5 of my favourite show gardens in words and pictures.
Garden Wildlife
How To Enjoy Your Garden in May
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How to get the most out of your garden in the merry month of May.
How To Enjoy Your Garden In April
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April is one of the most joyful and uplifting months in the garden. Days are longer, temperatures are increasing steadily and it finally feels […]
Glut Instinct
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“Growing your own produce is great if you want no food, then 400 tomatoes, then nothing, then 120 cucumbers, then nothing, then 3 carrots that […]
And So It Begins…
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It is official, we won’t go hungry this summer! Harvesting on the allotment has well and truly begun, especially the crop of courgettes, and […]
Ten Things To Do In The Garden in January
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January is a unique month in the year when plants, on the whole, demand very little from gardeners. House plants are an exception, but […]
Whatever the Weather
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The elements just keep on giving this year. In the space of three months we’ve had record cold and record […]
The Plight of the Bumblebee
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I like bees, but I love bumblebees more. The sight of their comedically cumbersome bodies ambling across an umbel, or alighting delicately on a […]
To Fly Another Day
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I was in the garden early this morning, the very best time to be out there, enjoying the collared doves’ soft cooing between bursts of raucous squealing from […]
Hampton Court Flower Show 2014: Vestra Wealth’s Vista
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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 […]
Happy Hostas
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A cool, wet start to May has been just what the hostas ordered. Plants in our London garden are emerging lush and leafy, so […]
Up on the Roof
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Just two flights of stairs away from one of Britain’s busiest retail floors, six storeys above Oxford Street, lies London’s newest urban green space. The Frustrated Gardener […]