Gardening with Mum
A couple of times a month I used to pop down to my Mum’s on the other side of the South Downs to help out in her garden – my […]
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Rocket Gardens
For those like me who have a vegetable garden but neither the time nor the room to grow hundreds of seeds, prick them out and nurture young plants properly until […]
My favourite plants of the year
This year has seen the arrival of several new additions to my garden. Amongst them I have discovered some new treasures that have delighted me. I am most grateful to […]
Counting Flowers in Your Garden on Christmas Day
Christmas Day is almost here. It will be busy and stressful for some, for others a quiet and reflective time. I have always found that a lovely thing to do […]
Cottage Gardening for the 21st Century
Cottage gardening has a distinct style of it’s own, encompassing informal design and dense planting with a good mix of ornamental and edible plants – the cheapest and most forgiving […]
Garden Visiting – Arundel Castle
This week I went to see the Tulip Festival in the gardens at Arundel Castle. I wasn’t sure what to expect… a nice garden with lots of tulips? I was not disappointed. […]
Favourite Garden Books
I confess that for a garden journalist I am often ambivalent about garden books. They have to be either practical and informative or totally inspirational to justify a permanent place in my […]
A Nice Day Out
Last Wednesday I enjoyed a trip up to London, to the RHS Early Spring Plant Fair at Westminster. This is one of my favourite events on the gardening calendar – […]
Keeping Warm in Winter
It is too cold to venture out in my garden, other than to feed the birds. I’ve just done that, and on the way back I grabbed a few things […]
Snowdrop Patrol
This year I have a good reason to venture outside in the freezing cold. I am going to see how my snowdrop collection is coming on. I inherited a couple […]
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