Here We Blow Again
Reading time 8 minutes
Oh, the inconvenience; first Ciara, now Dennis, putting paid to any plans we had to tend our allotment or work in the garden this […]
Practical Advice
Here Comes Ciara! – How To Protect Your Garden From Stormy Weather
Reading time 9 minutes
Winter thus far has consisted of a handful of slightly chilly nights with a lot of benign, mild, wet weather in between. The garden […]
How to be a Better Gardener in 2020
Reading time 16 minutes
January has been a month of quiet reflection. There’s been relatively little to do in the garden, the house is clean and tidy post […]
Perfect Partners: Lobelia tupa & Lilium regale ‘Album’
Reading time 5 minutes
The beauty of growing plants in pots is that they can be shuffled around endlessly until the most pleasing associations are made. I do […]
Getting to Grips with Hardy Orchids
Reading time 12 minutes
I can see a new addiction coming from a mile off, so on the whole I steer well clear of orchids. Over the ages […]
Action Stations!
Reading time 7 minutes
One can be excused for inactivity during January – after all, Christmas is exhausting – but with the arrival of February the garden begins […]
Ten Things To Do In The Garden in January
Reading time 15 minutes
January is a unique month in the year when plants, on the whole, demand very little from gardeners. House plants are an exception, but […]
My Top Tips for Buying a Real Christmas Tree
Reading time 12 minutes
Part of my day job is buying Christmas trees for British department store John Lewis & Partners. It’s a task I particularly enjoy since […]
Autumn Spice
Reading time 3 minutes
The problem with owning a garden dominated by evergreens and tropicals is that I don’t really get to experience autumn colour at home. My […]
My Top 10 Indoor / Outdoor Foliage Plants
Reading time 10 minutes
So I forgot. Today’s the day that the London Evening Standard publishes a feature on neon-coloured foliage and I am not even in […]
In Search of the Surreal
Reading time 15 minutes
No visit to Cornwall is complete without a spot of plant shopping. The nurseries in the county I consider home are among the best […]
How to Grow Ornamental Gingers in UK Gardens
Reading time 24 minutes
Ornamental gingers – we’ve admired them whilst on holiday in tropical countries, or seen them curated in the glasshouses of botanical gardens, but […]