Running to Stand Still
Reading time 6 minutes
With April bright on the horizon I am already having to get a wiggle on to keep up with what needs doing in […]
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Coughs and Caterpillars: An Hour in the Garden
Reading time 6 minutes
It’s all going on in the garden right now. The plants have had a sniff of spring and now they are intoxicated, thrusting […]
Signs of Spring
Reading time 6 minutes
I’ve been out of town this weekend, enjoying the delights of Surrey’s innumerable hostelries in the company of my university friends. It’s the […]
Goodnestone Rising
Reading time 8 minutes
It was possibly a little too early to go out snowdrop spotting. In another year it might almost have been too late, but […]
Waste not, want not
Reading time 6 minutes
I don’t have many dislikes. Of those I do, chief among them is waste. Rather ambitiously, one might say naively, I spent £300 […]
Getting to Grips – Part 2
Reading time 8 minutes
Weather wise, the start of 2016 is beginning to feel like a re-run of 2015 – a mild winter followed by a chilly spring […]
How to Create a Spring Bulb Theatre
Reading time 18 minutes
One can never plant too many spring-flowering bulbs. However tedious the chore may seem in late summer and autumn, planting spring bulbs is one […]
Daily Flower Candy: Narcissus ‘Elka’ AGM
Reading time 3 minutes
Narcissus: daffodil, daffadowndilly, jonquil, Lenten lily Daffodils are synonymous with Easter. In England they are associated with Lent and occasionally referred to as Lenten […]
Hidden Talent
Reading time 3 minutes
I have always thought of my paternal grandfather as a practical, gentleman gardener. When I was a child he was head gardener on a […]
Planting a Narrow Border for Spring Colour
Reading time 9 minutes
Memories of summer may still linger, but it’s time for us gardeners to be looking forward to next year. There are bulbs to plant, […]
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
Reading time 5 minutes
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 […]