A bit of botanising #2

September 11, 2011

All that ranting about botanic gardens was by way of introduction: that last post started out meaning to be a …

A bit of botanising #1

August 23, 2011

Ventnor Botanic Garden, Isle of Wight How many Botanic Gardens do you think there are in the UK? And how …

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 …

March 18, 2007

It’s amazing – no matter how long you’ve been gardening, there’s always something new to try. I’ve been sowing seeds …

February 14, 2007

Maybe it’s because I’m fed up with the winter (and who isn’t) but I’m in the throes of planning the …