Gardening on the Edge: Foamlea, North Devon
Reading time 7 minutes
The most inspiring gardens are not always those on which huge funds are lavished or indeed the better known ones. Often they are the […]
Small Gardens
Chelsea Flower Show 2015 – The People’s Choice: Sentebale – Hope in Vulnerability
Reading time 7 minutes
I feel for Matt Keightley, the garden designer who narrowly missed out on a Chelsea gold medal for two years running. Last year his […]
Chelsea Flower Show 2015 – Stars of the Show: World Vision and Dark Matter
Reading time 7 minutes
Big budget show gardens are all well and good, but it was two of Chelsea’s smaller gardens that really impressed me on Tuesday. The ‘Fresh’ category is […]
Chelsea Flower Show 2015 – Stars of the Show: Laurent-Perrier Chatsworth Garden
Reading time 12 minutes
At about 10.30am yesterday morning a small crowd surrounded Monty Don and RHS Director General Sue Biggs as they prepared to announce the prize […]
Chelsea Flower Show 2015 – The Dream Ticket
Reading time 4 minutes
Generally speaking I am not the kind of person who wins lotteries or ballots. I don’t even come out of tombolas or raffles particularly […]
Enchanted April
Reading time 8 minutes
It really has been the most remarkable April. So far not a single drop of rain has fallen on either of our gardens and, […]
Turning Point
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The flowering of the magnolia marks a turning point in our London garden. It’s a fleeting moment, the petals falling just as they appear to be […]
Bosvigo Hellebore Day 2015
Reading time 5 minutes
It’s been weeks since I last saw our London garden in the daylight. At first glance there is not a lot to behold except […]
The Very Best of 2014 – A Year In Pictures
Reading time 21 minutes
I embark on my review of 2014 with a degree of trepidation, as this year did not turn out to be quite as joyful as […]
Stars of the Solstice
Reading time 8 minutes
The winter solstice is the longest night and shortest day of the year, this year falling on Sunday December 21st. The Earth’s axis tilts the […]
Miniature Marvel
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I’ve been hankering over a greenhouse for years, even though I plainly have nowhere to put one. Turns out I am in luck and […]
Alive and Kicking (健在で)
Reading time 2 minutes
Those of you wondering where The Frustrated Gardener has got to need not worry. I am alive and kicking in China, having just been to […]