Choosing spring bulbs for your cutting garden
If you’re a keen gardener you’ll no doubt appreciate that there’s rarely a time when you can kick back and forget about your garden. Even as summer draws to a…
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Late winter garden plants – highlights from a trip to RHS Wisley
It’s not quite spring yet, but being a hardy Northerner I never let a bit of cold weather get between me and my garden visits, so this weekend I headed…
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3 great plants for winter scent
In the depths of winter when there’s not much else going on in the garden scented plants really come into their own. One of the top plants for winter fragrance…
Winter wonderlands – gardens to visit
At this time of year it’s very tempting to stay inside, keep warm and banish all thoughts of garden visiting until April. But if you do that you’ll really be…
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5 easy flowering shrubs to plant this autumn
Did your garden lack a certain je ne sais quoi this summer? If you’re like many of my clients (who want a lovely garden, but have little time to do…
10 steps to a designer garden
I have just been involved in showing my work at a Design showcase in Petersfield put together by the South East Design Forum. The brief for the show was to…