Gardeners’ World Live tickets up for grabs!
Missing Chelsea yet? I know I am. Luckily Chelsea isn’t the end of the story: there’s a whole summer of …
Monthly Archives: May 2015
Postcard from Chelsea: And it’s goodbye…
As I wave goodbye, a little sadly, to the little bubble of dreams that is the Chelsea Flower Show for another year, …
Postcard from Chelsea: Getting involved
I have for the first time this year been involved in a tiny way with actually creating something at Chelsea …
Postcard from Chelsea: 70 years, 70 golds
You can overdo the anniversary thing, you know. Hillier’s have, this week, scored their 70th gold medal in 70 years: an …
Postcard from Chelsea: Dark and light
Dark Matter Gold and Best Fresh Garden Now here’s a garden with a sense of drama. And ambition: I’m not …
Postcard from Chelsea: Reinventing conifers
The Sculptor’s Picnic Garden Gold and Best Artisan Garden Bit tricky to capture a good pic of Graham Bodle’s atmospheric …
Postcard from Chelsea: Best Show Garden
Anyone who has ever visited Chatsworth will recognise the influence of its towering, supersized rockery – more of a small …
Postcard from Chelsea: Press Day
It’s crazy… it’s silly… it’s quite often spectacular… but my, it’s a lot of fun!
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: May
Aquilegias, tulips, peas and strawberries… late spring, such a lovely time in the garden. Click on the first image and …
By royal appointment #2
I am inordinately fond of very old gardening manuals. Most of the ones I’ve collected from second-hand bookshops and garage sales have …
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