Everyone is talking about the weather as though we haven’t only just entered mid-Summer. Don’t allow…
Allotment Month 33: today is a good day
This was the best day on the allotment all year, a breeze and drizzle, the air…
From the streets: Porto – city of fusion
Chris and I have been staying in Porto, neither of us having been to Portugal before.…
Real millennial gardens
Some of my biggest gardening inspiration comes from friends who I wouldn’t have expected to love…
Pot’s Growing On: creating space, sunflower for foliage and ornamental aubergine
Stepping out into our garden one morning this week was different. Not least because we had…
Easily multiply your Solenostemon with midsummer cuttings
By July Solenostemon should be growing rapidly and, with the foliage types, it’s often useful to…
Allotment month 32: cool as a cucurbit, hot as a herbal
2018 will go down as one of the most challenging years for gardeners, the freezing late…
Fibrex Nurseries, Warwickshire
If you’re into ferns you’ll certainly have heard of Fibrex Nurseries, they also hold the national collections…
Sir Harold Hillier Arboretum and Gardens
Last week Chris and I popped to the New Forest for a couple of days and…
How to grow Monarda didyma
Monarda didyma ‘Cambridge Scarlet’ can be seen flowering in our garden in the above photo (2015)…