To Fly Another Day
Reading time 3 minutes
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 […]
Garden Wildlife
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 […]
Happy Hostas
Reading time 5 minutes
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 […]
Bursting Forth on Boxing Day
Reading time 7 minutes
This Christmas our friends Travis and Beth at Trevoole sent us a copy of ‘Dear Friend and Gardener’, a collection of correspondence between distinguished […]
Welcoming Back the Birds
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Over the summer, we removed most of our bird feeders for cleaning and to reduce the amount of spilled seed on the terrace. I […]
Trevoole, et vous?
Reading time 7 minutes
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. I love this quote from Henry David Thoreau, American author, poet, […]
A Little Bit of Paradise
Reading time 3 minutes
At the end of July we travelled north to the cathedral city of Durham. My partner (aka ‘Him Indoors’) grew up on a picture-perfect […]
A Feast of Foliage
Reading time 1 minute
Whether it’s the sun, too much water or too much food I don’t know, but the garden in going nuts at the moment. The […]
An Icy Reception
Reading time 3 minutes
I’ve returned home to the seaside after three weeks away. Hurrah! It’s good to be back, but boy is it cold. In my absence, […]
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
Reading time 4 minutes
We’re a bit stuck this weekend. The white stuff came down constantly in central London yesterday, and whilst it made very little difference to […]
Charley Harper’s Backyard Birds
Reading time 2 minutes
Charley Harper was a genius of a graphic artist. His cheerful, highly-stylised wildlife prints always make me smile inside. So I was very happy […]