In The Night Garden
Reading time 10 minutes
When was the last time you ventured out into your garden after nightfall? Not at dusk, or to put the rubbish out, but to […]
Small Gardens
Hampton Court Flower Show 2017 – The Viking Cruises World of Discovery Garden
Reading time 6 minutes
And now, for those of you who prefer something a little more classically beautiful, may I present The World of Discovery Garden. Fresh […]
Hampton Court Flower Show 2017 – The Show Gardens: Brownfield Metamorphosis
Reading time 7 minutes
I’m very aware that I am not opening my Hampton Court coverage with classically beautiful gardens. In my quest to offer the fullest […]
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 […]
Chatsworth Flower Show 2017: The Wedgwood Garden – A Classic Re-imagined
Reading time 9 minutes
I can scarcely believe it’s over a week since that fateful press day at Chatsworth Flower Show where we all got drenched and […]
Chatsworth Flower Show 2017: Press Day
Reading time 6 minutes
Today the famous British weather excelled itself … in drenching everyone from Mary Berry to Alan Titchmarsh, in flattening countless delphiniums and in […]
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 […]
Great Dixter: Pots of Plenty
Reading time 11 minutes
The recent chilly weather has had its pros and cons. The downside for eager gardeners who have been nurturing seedlings and planting out […]
The Morning After The Weekend Before
Reading time 2 minutes
It did not take long to go to sleep last night. After a weekend of baking, talking, entertaining, watering, meeting, greeting, fetching and […]
So Far, So Good!
Reading time 4 minutes
Day two of our garden opening is always a more relaxed affair and I am thoroughly looking forward to it. On day one […]
Plan B
Reading time 6 minutes
I have a problem. With the garden next door out of action and no immediate prospect of gaining it back, I have grown […]
Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2016: Show Gardens – Part I
Reading time 13 minutes
I am not a negative individual by nature, but I had misgivings about this year’s Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. Some of the […]