Happy Christmas!
I don’t care what you call it – I love Christmas, and have been spending lots of happy days in …
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Recycled lavatories
The other week at my ever-challenging and interesting plant design course at Capel Manor, we got to talking about environmentally-friendly …
Perfect partners #1
Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’, Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’ and Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Silver Magic’, spotted at Wisley on a frosty day. (By way …
Winter wishlist
The moment has come – I’m going to have to opt out of Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for this month. …
Dead plants
At this time of year it’s a blessing that some plants continue to look good even after they’ve turned up …
Avant gardening #2
The erudite and charming Tim Richardson got in touch with me after my earlier post about my doubts over “conceptual” …
Trying to get it all done….
Blimey, where did those weeks go? Here’s one answer: I’ve been a total slave to my leafmould bin since about …
Sally Nex 