Dry January
Reading time 8 minutes
As the first month of 2022 draws to a close, I sit at my desk reflecting on how unseasonably calm and dry the weather […]
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A Change Is As Good As A Rest
Reading time 10 minutes
‘A change is as good as a rest’, or so the proverb goes. As one who is ill at ease when relaxing and always […]
Creating An Autumn Pumpkin Arrangement
Reading time 11 minutes
It’s mid-October. The nights are drawing in and Halloween is fast approaching. Farmers here in East Kent are already opening their field gates for […]
Dahlia Disaster Averted – The National Dahlia Collection Finds A New Home
Reading time 5 minutes
When the National Dahlia Collection announced its closure in September 2020 The Beau and I were bereft. This little patch of dahlia heaven was […]
Has The Chelsea Flower Show Lost Its Mojo?
Reading time 17 minutes
I’ve grown a little bored of the Chelsea Flower Show. There, I’ve said it. Once upon a time I used to love the anticipation, […]
The Watch House Awaits
Reading time 10 minutes
The pots are all planted and in position, their arrangements have been checked from every angle, adjusted and appraised again. Happy with the result, […]
A Stroll Around The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Reading time 14 minutes
Work brought me to Edinburgh this week. I could not pay a visit to one of my favourite cities in the world without a […]
Here Comes Summer!
Reading time 8 minutes
The title of of this post is tongue-in-cheek given I’m sat at my desk with rain pattering on the skylight and a brisk draught […]
The Late, Late Tulip Show
Reading time 6 minutes
Cold weather in spring can only hold our gardens back for so long. It’s like a catapult, the further the sling is pulled back […]
The Late, Late Daffodil Show
Reading time 12 minutes
In a normal year, I’d consider myself lucky to have one or two daffodils blooming in May. By May Day their dominion is over […]
Arctic April
Reading time 14 minutes
It has been the strangest month; cold – indeed the frostiest April in sixty years – and desert-dry. Although we’ve escaped spring frosts here […]
Discovering Daffodils
Reading time 11 minutes
It’s a little known fact – so little known that one might almost call it a secret – that the first job I ever […]