In the Pink
Reading time 4 minutes
It’s early June and the hedgerows of England are at their most ebullient. Nowhere are they more vivacious than in the West County where the […]
Wild Flowers
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 […]
A Walk on Walmer’s Wild Side
Reading time 6 minutes
We needed to blow away the cobwebs today, so settled on a drive down to one of our favourite spots, the stretch of coastline […]
Spring Flower Candy: Prunus spinosa
Reading time 3 minutes
I’ll admit I am a little overdue with this one, but 2015 has been one of the latest I can recall for blackthorn blossom (the flowers of Prunus […]
Spring Flower Candy: Allium ursinum
Reading time 4 minutes
Yesterday I sang the praises of an orchid, today I am waxing lyrical about an onion, or a garlic to be precise. Monday’s Spring Flower Candy is […]
Wonder Walls
Reading time 5 minutes
Cornish hedges are a defining part of the landscape on Britain’s most south-westerly peninsula. From a wildlife point of view they are like Noah’s ark, […]
Wildflowers of Cornwall
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Clockwise from top left: herb robert (Geranium robertianum); hart’s tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium); lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria); Alexanders / wild celery (Smyrnium olusatrum); common […]
Daily Flower Candy: Smyrnium olusatrum
Reading time 5 minutes
We have much to thank the Romans for – libraries, hot baths, straight roads, aqueducts and stinging nettles among them – but over time […]
Elham NGS Open Gardens
Reading time 12 minutes
Nestled in a broad, fertile valley cutting a swathe through East Kent, Elham is the very essence of England. During W.W.II Sir Anthony Eden lived in a […]
Trevoole Farm – National Gardens Festival Weekend 2014
Reading time 6 minutes
This weekend over five hundred gardens participating in the National Gardens Scheme opened their gates to raise money for nursing and caring charities, including Macmillan Cancer […]
Birthday Bombki
Reading time 4 minutes
I celebrated The Frustrated Gardener’s second birthday yesterday in one of the farthest corners of Poland, near the city of Wroclaw. The countryside in […]
Spring comes to Saltwood
Reading time 5 minutes
Yesterday the hedgerows were heavy with may flower and vital with leaf as we drove from Broadstairs to Saltwood Castle for the 2014 NSPCC plant fair. […]