My gardener and I have come to an understanding – he does the graft and I float around with ideas of what I’d like to be growing where and in what colour.  I’m pretty good […]

There’s a very fine line between pets and pest . . . .   We are a nation of dog lovers and a nation of garden lovers, especially the immaculate, well manicured green lawned variety.   We […]

I am sure we all love to wander around proper gardens when given the chance.  Even if we only have a postage stamp sized plot of our own, it’s really good to see how the […]

The start of another springtide. . . and this one is more different than any previous for people everywhere.  However, ‘confined to barracks’ we may be, unable to move about and meet up with family […]

Ahh classic gooseberry and applie pie.  Not a classic in your household?  Ah well, if you have a large garden, which is on every family wish list when they start looking for a forever home, […]

This is sometimes a difficult time of year for gardeners.  It’s immensely frustrating to look out onto our forlorn garden with wilting shrubs and dank damp shadowy areas.  But the growth underneath all that is […]

The winter time is ideal for planning how to rescue parts of a garden for updating.  There are far less shrubs about getting in the way of rather serious photo sessions and endless note taking.  […]

I’m one of those folk who can’t bear to throw pruned bush in the compost without taking 3 or 4 cuttings.  Unfortunately I’m not an organised gardener and I tend to pop the smaller single […]

Oh golly it’s been a long and slightly noisy summer holidays.  Not that I have kiddies here or young adults for that matter.   The neighbours have a selection of each.  In fact the perfect combinations […]

Gardens that offer a quiet calming rest zone – now that is what every working person needs the minute they get home.  Having that chance to get out there and walk around the lawn, surveying […]