Spring comes to Saltwood
Reading time 5 minutes
Yesterday the hedgerows were heavy with may flower and vital with leaf as we drove from Broadstairs to Saltwood Castle for the 2014 NSPCC plant fair. […]
Large Gardens
Kentish Belles
Reading time 3 minutes
Over the next couple of weekends, two of Kent’s most beautiful and enigmatic gardens will be opening their gates to the curious public. Both reveal their secrets […]
Loving London
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I am not a born Londoner, and for much of the time I like to believe I’d prefer living elsewhere. That is until I make […]
Triumph Over Adversity – Tresco Abbey Garden
Reading time 13 minutes
When, in 1834, the handsome Augustus Smith secured the lease for the Isles of Scilly, I wonder if he was aware of the legacy […]
Easter Treats at Trevoole
Reading time 5 minutes
It’s all go at Trevoole as the team prepare for tomorrow’s opening. The gardens are full of camellias, primulas and early tulips, intermingled with slowly unfurling […]
Daily Flower Candy – Narcissus actaea AGM
Reading time 2 minutes
Sparkling like diamonds in the sward of St James’ Park, as the morning sun rises over London, this is Narcissus actaea. It’s an old fashioned […]
BlueBell Arboretum and Nursery
Reading time 6 minutes
I have been meaning to get better acquainted with the larger members of the plant world for some time. Being a ‘small’ gardener, my […]
Sheffield Botanical Gardens
Reading time 8 minutes
Over the years I’ve gained mixed impressions of Sheffield. It was neighbouring Rotherham that I encountered first, so one might think the only way […]
Sandling Park Open Day 2014
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Spring 2013 arrived fashionably late. This was convenient for us, as we’d been travelling in Bhutan during the prime time for camellias, rhododendrons and […]
Devastation
Reading time 3 minutes
It’s a sad irony that after waxing lyrical about The Salutation earlier this week, the gardens are now under water, drowned by this week’s […]
Return to the Salutation
Reading time 8 minutes
With both gardens almost locked-down for winter it’s time to start writing about some of the places that have not yet made it on […]
Glorious Goodnestone, Part III: The Walled Garden
Reading time 5 minutes
The British love a walled garden: solid, enclosed and often romantic, they are private spaces where a lucky few get to garden and where […]