Malvern magic
A happy day yesterday pottering among the plants at the RHS Spring Festival at Malvern. This is one of the …
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Garden words: Purely for medicinal purposes
The Gardener’s Companion to Medicinal Plants Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Confession time: I do like to self-medicate. Not, I must …
So… what’s new?
A quick whizz round the Garden Press Event up in London the other week – and I do mean quick, …
This month in the garden…
Well. Hasn’t it got busy around here lately. There I was, listening morosely to the tumbleweed (well, gales and splattering …
Seed swap 2017
I do like a good seed swap. It’s a simple idea: you take your spares along to your local …
Gardening words: An Orchard Odyssey
It is time to think of fruit. Gleaming apples and fat ripe plums; perfumed quinces and sugary pears. Great heavy …
Life in the greenhouse: January
Blimey it’s chilly. Inside and out: life got a bit hectic last autumn and I didn’t get around to my …
A (gardening) life less plastic
One morning towards the end of last year some time, I skipped in to my garden as usual through the little …
Chelsea 2017: Sneak peek
The revealing of this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show gardens is always an exciting moment, and just the boost you …
How to plant rhubarb
You can never have too much rhubarb. Well, actually, you can: it’s a monster of a plant, with mature clumps expanding to 5ft …
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