Close encounters of the horticultural kind

April 21, 2008

Just sometimes you meet a truly, truly memorable plant. The kind of plant you just know you’ll think about for …

Blowing a hooley

March 10, 2008

I’ve spent much of today hunkered down in my office, looking out at a scene of wild and woolly weather. …

January 21, 2008

Well after what seems like weeks and weeks of non-stop rain, I’m gardening again! The water table is still high, …

January 7, 2008

At last – the sun is shining, the frost has stopped (for the time being at least) and I can …

December 12, 2007

I spent a happy hour or two with the chainsaw the other day, converting an ill-advised pollard into a coppice …

December 6, 2007

Look what I discovered when I was clearing a neglected bit of shrubbery at a client’s garden the other day. …

October 12, 2007

There’s a definite autumn tinge to the air now. It’s been misty the last couple of days and the leaves …

April 20, 2007

You know those modest unassuming mahonias you find tucked away in a corner in most gardens, doing their stuff in …