We are all Garden Designers.
We are plagued by garden designers in the UK. They are everywhere, telling us what to do and how to do it, and what plants to buy. Especially what plants [...]
We are plagued by garden designers in the UK. They are everywhere, telling us what to do and how to do it, and what plants to buy. Especially what plants [...]
Recently we made a visit to Brecon. This is not far from us, in case anyone was getting over excited about the possibility that I might have been travelling again. [...]
I'll be brief. I just want to have a short rant. This could be the place for that?! We just went to a local art and craft exhibition. And there, [...]
Those who know me, know I don’t travel. And those who know me, know that there are very few gardens in Britain which I admire. But here is a garden [...]
"Oh, I can't Stop you putting roots in my dreamland My house of stone, your ivy grows And now I'm covered in you" From Ivy by Taylor Swift It’s not [...]
Being Helpful The Handsome Helper made a complaint recently when we were walking in the garden. When I complained about him complaining he told me that it was [...]
It's everywhere. Various Chelsea Flower Show gardens this year included the newly fashionable weeds. Interestingly, I saw someone quoted as saying that that was ok because ‘it was [...]
I’m sure some of you are wondering how Marianne’s visit went. Well, she came, saw, conquered and went off again, to explore Cornwall. I felt bereft when she left, but [...]
Some plants manage on their own, don’t they? Stick them in the ground and they get on with it. Sometimes they get on with the entire plot. We approve of [...]
I am discovering more and more often that it is important to have a great many seats in the garden. In fact there should probably be one every three feet [...]
Marianne is coming to visit!! Huzzah! What a treat, what a great big treat. Soon too. So, yes, you probably know all about this, this is when it begins: what [...]
Readers in America will have to forgive me some of this. I understand you have many 'invasives' and many people only wish to grow native plants. And I think many [...]