The Watch House Awaits
Reading time 10 minutes
The pots are all planted and in position, their arrangements have been checked from every angle, adjusted and appraised again. Happy with the result, […]
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BITTERSWEET MEMORIES OF 2020
Reading time 22 minutes
The year 2020. Where to begin? It’s tempting to dive straight into the obvious negatives – and let’s face it that would be rich […]
BBC Gardeners’ World comes to The Watch House
Reading time 10 minutes
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 […]
An Extraordinary Autumn
Reading time 8 minutes
There comes a moment every autumn when I leave home and return again under the cover of darkness. Since I have been living full […]
Farewell to the summer of 2018
Reading time 7 minutes
As the sun sets on August, what will be my abiding memories of summer 2018? It goes without saying that the heat and […]
TALES FROM THE GIN & TONIC GARDEN, Part II
Reading time 9 minutes
It’s almost 15 months since the Gin & Tonic Garden first came into being. My compact, 20ft x 20ft courtyard is still occasionally referred […]
In The Limelight: My Day Filming With BBC Gardeners’ World
Reading time 11 minutes
I’ll let you into a secret – I’m not very good at keeping secrets. When BBC Gardener’s World contacted me, quite out of […]
The Final Countdown
Reading time 12 minutes
Twenty days to go and the countdown to my NGS garden open weekend is well underway. In truth the garden does not need another […]