Jobs for the garden in March
With signs of spring all around this is a great time to get ahead before your plants put on so much growth that it becomes difficult to get into the…
Fabulous plants for February
Colour and flowers are at a premium at this time of year, but there are many plants offering just that in February. Here are a few of my favourites: Acer…
Jobs for the garden in February
What to do in February will very much depend on weather conditions where you live, but here are a number of jobs which you can be thinking about carrying out…
Astelia used to great effect at the Chelsea Flower Show
Fabulous plants for January
At this time of year evergreen shrubs and trees with beautiful bark are a real bonus. Here are a few my personal, tried and tested recommendations. Astelia chathamica AGM Most…
Miscanthus stand well through the winter and look lovely in frosty and snowy weather
Jobs for the garden in January
A lot of what you do this month will depend on the weather, and much of that work will be about clearing up and preparing for the year ahead. If…
The old swimming pool with rockeries, on the terrace
A Hampshire farmhouse garden, from start to finish
A year in the life of a newly created garden This time last year I was finalising details for the start of a large landscaping project just outside Petersfield (and…
Inspirational summer planting at Pensthorpe Park
I recently took a trip to Pensthorpe Natural Park, a place I’ve been wanting to visit for quite some time. It’s not that I’m a closet twitcher and fancied a…
Jobs for the garden in April
It's starting to get busy now as plants really begin to take off. It's such a lovely time of year to be outside enjoying the garden - even if it…
Late summer colour with bold groups of grasses and Rudbeckia.
UK gardens to visit in late summer and early autumn
With the heat of summer long gone and autumn yet to start with a vengeance, you’d be forgiven for thinking there isn’t a lot of point getting out on a…