I knew East Ruston Old Vicarage in Norfolk would be special. What I hadn’t appreciated is…
Pot’s Growing On: April 2016
Someone pointed out I haven’t done an update about our own garden for a while, clearly I’ve…
My Allotment: Month 5
I’ve had my allotment since December and after a mountain of clearance, weeding, planning and seed…
Review: RHS The Half-Hour Allotment by Lia Leendertz
I was lucky enough to win The Half-Hour Allotment in a competition in the first months of…
Rousham: getting to the heart of landscape garden design
As I arrived at Rousham, the single other visitor was leaving and I had the entire place to…
Dividing a fern (Dryopteris filix-mas)
I want more ferns for our fern wall and some of our ferns are ripe for dividing. After…
March 2016: Allotment woe to propagation pro
March has to be up there in my top three favourite months of the year. Yes…
Getting to grips with grasses
In 2016 I want to get to grips with ornamental grasses. In particular, using them in mixed…