Fabulous plants for March
As winter draws to a close, it's always fantastic to see things stirring and a bit more colour in the garden. Below are my selection of just a few lovely…
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…
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…
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…
Summer Loving – a florist’s advice on using cut summer flowers
I’m really into growing flowers for the house now and as well as picking flowers from my garden (which I have to admit does cause me a bit of pain!),…