Life in the greenhouse: August
Summertime… and the watering is endless…. Every day I am to be found in the greenhouses behind a hose – …
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Learning from the master
This week I made something of a pilgrimage, to the garden of John Brookes OBE at Denmans in Sussex. I …
August flowers
August is a funny old month. All the splendour of June and July has overreached itself a bit and, in …
Gardening words: A veritable cabaret
It is a rare garden writer whose words make you look entirely differently at the plants you have known all …
This month in the garden…
It is June! Not very flaming, so far, but very busy. Here’s what I’ll be up to: Making comfrey tea: …
Wordless Wednesday: Handkerchiefs
Davidia involucrata in full flower at Nymans Gardens, Sussex
So long Chelsea, and thanks for all the flowers
As the bulldozers move in to the Chelsea showground and reduce all to turf once more, I just thought I’d …
Postcard from Chelsea #6: Little stars
The talk of the Pavilion this year was not the giant Pullman carriage at the Bowdens stand – but a …
Postcard from Chelsea #5: Shiny new plants
The Plant of the Year competition at Chelsea has only been running a few years, but it’s really shone the …
Postcard from Chelsea #4: Visions of loveliness
Planting combination of the week for me was this soft confection of ethereal pastels from Hay Joung Hwang on the LG …
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