It’s all about bulbs this month in the garden. Time to start planting your spring flowering bulbs, the last chance to plant bulbs to...

At last a Garden Fair to go to!! I can’t wait to get my plant fix at The Malvern Plant & Garden Fair, 12th -13th September 202 at the...

Flowering annuals are setting seed in my garden – it’s an ideal time to save some money by collecting and storing seed of your...

Gardening has become the new craze during lockdown - many of us starting out gardening for the first time. The RHS has a helpful tool for...

If you want to get a head start on next year its time to start sowing seeds again. Spring flowering bulbs provide great colour, scent...

I spent a lovely hour a few weeks ago talking to the people at Marlborough Living magazine about gardening & garden design. If you've...

I would have been looking forward to visiting RHS Hampton Court Garden Show next week but sadly it has been cancelled, along with all the...

Last year I sowed Clary sage (Salvia sclarea) but was too late in the season to achieve flowering in the first year. However, this...

My love for Lady’s Mantle, the alchemists herb, knows no bounds. It is coming into its prime right now and reminds just how much I rely...

It is time to give the garden a bit of a tidy after the spring - keep on top of the weeds as they will quickly take over. Perennials...

Work finally commenced on site last week following a brief delay due to Covid-19. With appropriate distancing measures in place and PPE...

Roses are now in full swing – my garden is full of blooms. I was never fan, finding the whole pruning thing a bit of a chore, but they...

The foxgloves in my garden are looking fabulous. After a few years of perseverance, I have now got Digitalis self-seeding freely from an...

May is the month to direct sow annuals. Over the weekend I’ve been adding to the vegetable & flower garden with Calendula, Cosmos,...

This week saw the launch National Garden Scheme’s Gardens & Health Week, an event designed to raise awareness of the physical and mental...

A garden we created nearly 5 years ago - the very lovely client, who is working hard for the NHS right now, sent me a message to say her...

It’s now getting really busy in the garden; jobs are piling up and there doesn’t seem to be much time to sit back and admire the effort...

A couple of my terracotta pots were blown by the frost this winter and the rims cracked off; I was going to break them up for crocks but...

Have you, like me, tried to get supermarket potted herbs to grow outside? I quite often fail, so this year I’ve tried to me a bit more...

Originally my plan this week was to talk about forthcoming RHS garden shows and spring gardens to visit, but all this is on hold. If you...