A Walk On The Wild Side
Reading time 4 minutes
Is there any day quite as awkward as a substitute Bank Holiday? Although these rare days ought to feel like a gift, there’s something […]
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From Coastline to Compost Bin – Using Seaweed As A Garden Fertiliser and Soil Improver
Reading time 16 minutes
I may be a composting virgin, but now that I have an allotment I am getting serious about the dark art of decay. Since […]
Dixter Addiction
Reading time 10 minutes
I’d missed one too many plant fairs at Great Dixter, so I was not about to forgo another. We made plans, reorganised others, kept […]
The Watch House NGS Open Weekend 2019
Reading time 11 minutes
And relax! After several weeks of intensive preparation, another National Gardens Scheme open weekend lies behind us. Rather like Christmas there’s an almighty build-up […]
‘Cherry’ Ingram: The Englishman who saved Japan’s Blossoms
Reading time 10 minutes
If you’ve been reading the newspapers or listening to BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week programme recently, you will already be acquainted with […]
Open for the National Garden Scheme: Denne Manor Farm
Reading time 8 minutes
I’m taking a short break from my Chelsea reporting to bring you news of a superb new garden opening for the National Garden […]
Watergate House, Fordwich: A Modern Romantic Garden
Reading time 9 minutes
The town of Fordwich has the distinction of being the smallest in England. Situated on the River Stour, which connects Canterbury with the English […]
34 Cross Road, Walmer: A Garden For All Senses
Reading time 9 minutes
Living and gardening by the coast, I find my senses become attuned to a very specific set of sensations: the sound of seagulls, restless […]
Garden Appreciation: Sweetbriar, Ash, Kent
Reading time 16 minutes
When a new garden opens for the National Garden Scheme it's always exciting, but when that garden has been created by two professional […]
The Merry Month of May
Reading time 11 minutes
O THE month of May, the merry month of May, So frolic, so gay, and so green, so green, so green! O, and then […]
The Great Dixter Dozen
Reading time 3 minutes
It’s rare that I sacrifice commentary for imagery, but as I look back over the photographs I took at Great Dixter last weekend, […]
Great Dixter Spring Plant Fair 2017
Reading time 10 minutes
Every visit to Great Dixter is a treat, but when the additional carrot of a plant fair is dangled in front of my […]