Postcard from Hampton Court: Carpet bedding is back

July 4, 2012

The floral (well, green) clock on the wall of summer garden The Wheels of Time (Bronze) Vertical planting… or carpet …

OOTS: Bowed, battered, and very nearly beaten

August 2, 2011

This is, or rather was, one of the more dramatic publicly-maintained council-funded plantings I know: the Victorian cascades at the …

November 2, 2010

Now for the one bit of my garden that is undeniably Very Sunny Indeed. It is on the south-facing side, …

July 29, 2010

Right, time to put on your sunglasses, folks. Yesterday was one of the highlights of my year: the entirely unmissable …

July 17, 2009

You know, I’m supposed to have a pretty container frothing with flowers just outside my front door to welcome visitors. …

August 3, 2008

Just got back from a week’s holiday in the Isle of Wight – lovely, thanks, and more of which later, …

May 14, 2007

The weather really can’t make up its mind. We’ve just had the driest spring on record: six weeks without a …