The RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022 – 5 Sensational Show Gardens
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It was so good to return to Chelsea and witness its return to form. In this post I showcase 5 of my favourite show gardens in words and pictures.
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The RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022 – 10 Things To Look Out For
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The RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022 opens this week in London. Find out what’s hot in my run down of ten things that seriously caught my eye.
Summer Containers – Four Recipes for Success
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Planting in containers is one of the most fun and rewarding activities one can do in the garden. Here are four examples to inspire your next summer container planting project.
The Plot Thickens…
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I have been meaning to write an update on the allotment for a little while now. While reading the previous chapter, I am wondering […]
Plant Profile: Tulipa fosteriana ‘Zombie’
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Do you remember, several months ago, when we were all potting up our spring bulbs …. each and every one of us full of […]
Hopping over to Stockholm
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This week my work took me to Stockholm to visit a potential supplier. I always look forward to visiting the Swedish capital since the […]
Hello from The Beau
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Dan, in a moment of madness, has decided that he would like me to contribute now and again to his Frustrated Gardener blog. As […]
Trovare Verde Venezia (Finding Green Venice)
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I won’t lie, my job takes me to some fascinating places. I don’t always get to see a great deal of the cities and […]
Sumer Is Icumen In … Or Is It Agoin Out Again?
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Since the last time I wrote about my garden, my sole purpose has been to prepare it for summer. I’ve been potting, repotting, feeding, […]
The Watch House in Early May
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I’m a little bit stuck at the moment. I don’t so much have writers’ block as writers’ constipation; that is, lots of posts backing […]
Morrab Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall
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March can be a wild and windy month, especially in the far south-west of Cornwall. So it was that we turned up at Trewidden […]
BBC Gardeners’ World comes to The Watch House
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Friday March 8th 2019, 8.30-9.00pm, BBC2 When I look at my garden this evening, as it takes a battering from Storm Freya, I find […]