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

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.

5 excellent Crocosmia varieties to grow in your garden for a range of colours.

Encourage children to garden by taking cuttings of easy to grow houseplants to share with family and friends.

Grow from seed, but grow sensibly. Buy from good sources and grow things you can’t easily buy elsewhere as established 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.

The magical quality of Plant Moments are what separate plants from all other garden construction materials.

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!

Small-leaved, small -flowered, ground-hugging plants are interesting me most at the moment.

I’m at war with slugs and snails for eating my Parochetus communis!

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