Tales from the Garden Room
Reading time 7 minutes
“If one is going to tell a story with plants, it may as well be an adventure story.” I love all […]
Our Coastal Garden
Tales from the Gin & Tonic Garden
Reading time 9 minutes
As a rule, I don’t sit down, unless it’s to eat a meal or to work. When I make myself a cup of […]
Midsummer’s Day Dreaming
Reading time 6 minutes
What an extraordinary spell of weather we have been having. It’s so hot that I am relieved to be returning home to the […]
Daily Flower Candy: Lilium martagon ‘Arabian Knight’
Reading time 4 minutes
Phew! What a scorcher the weekend was. Whilst I had the right idea on Saturday, spending much of the day at my friend’s […]
In Praise of Nemesias
Reading time 6 minutes
When something you like grows well in your garden it makes sense to grow more of it. I count agapanthus, zantedeschia, trachelospermum and […]
First Light
Reading time 4 minutes
For those of you who like to languish in bed in the mornings, I have news for you – it’s getting light by […]
The Merry Month of May
Reading time 11 minutes
O THE month of May, the merry month of May, So frolic, so gay, and so green, so green, so green! O, and then […]
Last Hurrah
Reading time 10 minutes
Slowly but surely the petals are falling from my tulips, one by one, leaving skinny seed pods where yesterday hovered fat balloons of […]
Drama Queens I: Tulipa ‘Slawa’
Reading time 4 minutes
Ladies and gentlemen, for my 800th post, may I present you with the first of two floral drama queens; a bold, brassy diva […]
A week is a long time in gardening
Reading time 4 minutes
It was British Prime Minister Harold Wilson who first said ‘a week is a long time in politics’. Almost sixty years later, his […]
Running to Stand Still
Reading time 6 minutes
With April bright on the horizon I am already having to get a wiggle on to keep up with what needs doing in […]
Coughs and Caterpillars: An Hour in the Garden
Reading time 6 minutes
It’s all going on in the garden right now. The plants have had a sniff of spring and now they are intoxicated, thrusting […]