Plantsmanship 101
“You must visit my friend Mary; she's a plantswoman.” I'm a fairly placid sort of chap really. I do what I do and I'm largely happy for the world around [...]
“You must visit my friend Mary; she's a plantswoman.” I'm a fairly placid sort of chap really. I do what I do and I'm largely happy for the world around [...]
I passed a gentleman sat with his wife. “There's not much colour” he remarked to her. I looked up, I looked one way and the other, I looked down. Colour [...]
I was at my desk when I received a message from someone I haven't heard from in years. We'd dated for a while at secondary school, or as it's known [...]
Garden visiting is one of the most important things a gardener can do. Getting out of our gardens to see what other people are up to is not an indulgence, [...]
I love what I do. I love plants, I love gardens, I feel a great pride in my knowledge and abilities. Why then do I feel so numb to it [...]
Of all the great garden plants of the world surely the rose is the most iconic? The history of roses is intertwined with the history of humanity, and to imagine [...]
Gardening is a noble profession. It probably won't make you rich unless you get one of the handful of 'top jobs' that pay very well; ironically these are jobs where [...]
What do you think about the planting below? A corner of my own garden Hopefully you like it; it's a bit of my own garden so feel free [...]
Anyone who follows me on Instagram (@bensbotanics) will probably have come to the conclusion that I'm a bit of a 'plant nerd'. I'm writing this article in the spare bedroom [...]
I'm terrible at garden visiting. I always mean to get out and see other gardens, yet by the weekend I tend to lack the enthusiasm to go far from home. [...]
“The ideal fortune is to find an old garden, once richly cared-for, since sunk into neglect, and to tend, not repair, that neglect.” Words from Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. [...]
What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare? The immortal first lines from the poem 'Leisure' by W.H. Davies, published in 1911. [...]