Learning from the master
This week I made something of a pilgrimage, to the garden of John Brookes OBE at Denmans in Sussex. I …
Category Archives: garden design
Chelsea 2016: What to look out for
The RHS launched the 2016 Chelsea Flower Show in style yesterday: we had Alan Titchmarsh interviewing Mary Berry and canapés …
Tulipomania
I have tulips dancing before my eyes. I must have planted a thousand in the last few weeks. Not in …
A very capable man
Think of the English countryside, and it’s my guess it’ll be pretty green. There will be fields, and hedgerows, and picturesque …
Dahlia dilemmas
I do love a dahlia. They were planted en masse in a vibrant late-colour display in the little garden alongside …
Hydrangea blues
I think it’s true to say that mophead hydrangeas (Hydrangea macrocarpa) are entering a spell in the garden fashion wilderness. …
This week in the garden: Going to sow a meadow
This is my little meadow area at the top of the terraces. It doesn’t look very inspiring at the moment …
November garden: Cut flower terraces
The terraces are a practical solution to a recurring problem here: how to get the garden down the hill. We live …
October garden: Greenhouses and fruit garden
The slow dying of the greenhouses is the swansong of my year. They’re the last to go: long after the …
October garden: Veg plot
We have been here three seasons now: and what better time to start recording the garden that’s emerging slowly, painfully, from …
Sally Nex 