Stories of gardening, including design, techniques, and the occasional “how-to.”
We were wondering recently, prompted by Susan, about how to manage walking round the garden and simply enjoying it rather than noticing all the things which are wrong and the [...]
November already?! What happened? Oh well. With sunny days sitting in the garden harder to come by, I keep myself occupied and happy with planting and potting bulbs for midwinter [...]
Flat planting at Trentham Gardens Flat Planting Well, I asked what else I could possibly offer which might help fellow garden makers and got this : Border design: [...]
We love our lists when it comes to the soft news universe - whether it’s home & garden, beauty & fashion or food & dining, lists of ten best, ten [...]
Better than mums How to use mums? How many of us get that question? Sure, I see lots of discussions on how to keep mums alive, when to [...]
This weekend it's time to get professionally serious about a small area west of my fenced kitchen garden which has functioned as a mini-wildflower meadow (and then general eyesore) for [...]
This was a big summer for me. A huge summer. I had a blow out garden dinner party with a bunch of illustrious horticultural guests scheduled for the end of [...]
We’ve had half an inch of rain and the land is rejoicing. (Yes, there is also flooding, as predicted) And it’s been possible to venture out into the garden today [...]
'New Dawn' rose in the author's garden after 25 years Time adds an important dimension to gardening. Nobody told me about it. I just had to learn it [...]
Well, here’s a rant. We are having a drought here in the UK, and unusually high temperatures. Three days of mega heat caused widespread panic – if we are to [...]
I flew to Seattle a few weeks ago to visit my daughter Molly and her family in Bellingham, Washington—a two-hour drive north of Seattle. Give me Liberty took flight [...]
With temperatures hovering at around a gazillion degrees, it seems strange to Rant about a small spot of freeze damage, a spot which is not on my plants, but on [...]
