Plants In Detail – Dahlia ‘Akita’
Reading time 6 minutes
One aspect of gardening in a small space that I enjoy most is that no detail goes unnoticed. Whilst this counts equally for annoying […]
Dahlias
Last Vestiges
Reading time 5 minutes
I returned from China to a garden clinging valiantly on to the glories of summer. It was a heart-warming homecoming, but the gift […]
Plant Profile: Dahlia ‘Nicholas’
Reading time 5 minutes
I should have predicted it. I take a holiday, I unwind (sort of), and up creeps the dreaded tonsillitis. It happens every time, […]
The Watch House NGS Open Day 2018
Reading time 14 minutes
Over the weekend we welcomed over 300 visitors to The Watch House, breaking records and surprising us all. At times it was a […]
Hunting Brook Gardens, County Wicklow
Reading time 14 minutes
It was raining as we arrived at Hunting Brook; a light, steady drizzle filtering through opaque air. The lanes leading to the garden […]
10 Easy Flowering Bulbs to Plant For Summer Colour
Reading time 21 minutes
There are few plants as rewarding and foolproof to grow as those that sprout from bulbs, corms, tubers and rhizomes. Among their number […]
Great Dixter Autumn Plant Fair 2017
Reading time 9 minutes
My last hurrah before departing for India was a trip aross Kent to the Great Dixter Autumn Plant Fair. I neither had the […]
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 […]
Fond Farewells
Reading time 7 minutes
If it were not for the soft patter of rain on the skylight above my desk, I might hear a pin drop. My […]
Holiday Mode
Reading time 4 minutes
Our “proper” holiday, by which I mean a holiday where I am looked after rather than being expected to look after others, has […]
The Plight of the Bumblebee
Reading time 9 minutes
I like bees, but I love bumblebees more. The sight of their comedically cumbersome bodies ambling across an umbel, or alighting delicately on a […]
Creating a Splash
Reading time 5 minutes
At 8.30 this morning I had the pleasure of showing Margie, Helen and Sarah from our fantastic local gift shop around the garden […]