It’s finally spring proper and our garden is growing again in the most spectacular way. The…
Pulsatilla vulgaris
Finally, after many years, today I came up close and personal with one of my favourite…
From the streets: Nine Elms Lane, Vauxhall urban planting
I first noticed the unusual oval shaped flower beds along the recently redeveloped Nine Elms Lane…
From the streets: American Embassy prairie garden – first winter
Chris and I often walk to Vauxhall from our Clapham flat to visit the new things…
And it was all yellow
When I first started seriously geeking out on gardening I kept reading again and again that…
Pot’s growing on in March: spring bulbs start turning up to the party
My biggest delight so far this month is the success of our perennial spring bulbs. Given…
Oh Beehave!
I was pottering around outside today in our little urban garden and while watering the ferns…
Allotment Month 28: harvesting parsnips, beating weeds, sowing seeds and signs of spring (at last!)
Currently I feel I have the measure of my allotment, how long that feeling will last…
Behind-the-scenes of McBean’s Orchids, Sussex
“We’re going in!” I hit the car breaks, indicated and abruptly swerved into the driveway. “ORCHIDS”…
Robot lawn mowers, battery operated gardening tools and other tech at the Garden Press Event
I attended the Garden Press Event for the first time this year and it was a…