Review: Monet’s Garden by Vivian Russell
I’ve always loved Impressionist paintings and those by Monet in particular. As a student, a visit to the National Museum . . .
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Review: Raised Bed Revolution by Tara Nolan
As with elephant eating, so growing vegetables is much easier in bite-sized pieces. I used to have an allotment-style plot, . . .
Read moreReview: RHS Companion to Wildlife Gardening by Chris Baines
It seems hard to imagine a time when gardeners didn’t encourage wildlife into their gardens. Most that I meet welcome . . .
Read moreReview: New Small Garden by Noel Kingsbury
In common with many people, my first proper garden was small. A typical back-of-terrace town plot, it was narrow, overlooked . . .
Read moreReview: Gardens of the Italian Lakes
Friends smiled when they heard I was reviewing Steven Desmond’s Gardens of the Italian Lakes. We are known as the . . .
Read moreReview: ‘New Wild Garden’
Time was the only wild flowers I would see when visiting gardens were the weeds that the owner had missed. . . .
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Review Garden Design Bible
Like most gardeners I look back at my first plot and wish I had done it differently. Armed with the . . .
Read moreReview: Garden ideas explored
Forget January, for most gardeners the calendar starts in spring and, like most new years, comes with a raft of . . .
Read moreReview: Shakespeare’s Gardens
Something that combined my love of Shakespeare with gardening was always going to appeal. What I hadn’t expected was that . . .
Read moreReview: ‘Happy Home Outside’
Like many gardeners, I rarely sit down outside. Perhaps with a cup of coffee while contemplating the jobs that still . . .
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