A book review on Claire Austin’s 2021 book ‘Peonies’

I am delighted to have been shortlisted for the Garden Media Guild’s Alan Titchmarsh New Talent Award.

Maintenance is an obsession for many, but usually in avoiding it. Pick your battles and plan your work, saving it for plants you love.

The value of Seedheads, fruit, winter stems & the beauty of decaying plant material should never be underestimated or ignored when designing

One important thing that I have learned about Ceanothus and a plan to overcome this problem.

A short video to celebrate RHS Tatton Park in #tattonathome. we can’t be there in person this year, but we can remember former glories.

Twilight Sunlight in July as a magical thing, breathing new life into plants for the briefest of moments.

Rain impacts on the appearance of plant foliage. Consider it when designing with plants.

A though on Weather Patterns and the value of rain and how we often become over confident that rain is enough to establish plants.

A more complete thought on the value and risks of plant roots.

The lost post - To follow.

Changing weather patterns make it hard for us to garden knowingly.

Regret over food standards dropping with low quality imports being allowed soon and not owning chickens!

Grow Your Own, eat and drink it. The best you’ll ever eat, but think differently about what to plant.

I’m a lazy gardener. I hate weeding and always have. I now pretend that this is because I am experimenting with wildflowers and selfseeded

Finding the balance between your perfect garden and one that suits your kids can be difficult!

Looking out of my office window I have had the long, new stems of a white-flowered Buddleja davidii that I bred a few years ago whip backwar

A beginner's guide to Botanical Latin, especially focusing on Colour.

With all the wonderful plants looking good at the moment, let us not forget the value of plants grown primarily for their foliage.

there are many fungi species that greatly strengthen plants, forming symbiotic relationships with them to aid root development...