Hodges Barn – Structure and Informality
I love gardens that manage to combine enough structure to look designed with planting that’s relaxed without tipping into unruliness. . . .
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Country Charm at Hookshouse Pottery
Borders brimming with cottage garden favourites and birdsong in the air, the garden at Hookshouse Pottery is the perfect slice . . .
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RHS Chelsea 2024 – The Nurseries
From new plants to nurseries making their show debut, there’s plenty to see in the Great Pavilion at RHS Chelsea . . .
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RHS Chelsea 2024 – the Gardens
Last year it was Sarah Price. At RHS Chelsea 2024, it was Ann-Marie Powell’s garden that kept drawing me back. . . .
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Charingworth Court Looks East
Stay in a garden long enough and inevitably its development becomes entwined with family history – plants that were gifts, . . .
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Sunshine and Flowers at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2024
I don’t know what was more welcome, the first big flower show of the year or the sunshine that greeted . . .
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Review: The Raised Bed Book
If you’ve ever wanted to know more about growing in raised beds, The Raised Bed Book is for you. A . . .
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Review: Haxnicks Garden Maypole
The first of May and, appropriately, I’ve been setting up the Haxnicks Garden Maypole in my garden and dreaming of . . .
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‘Reading’ While Gardening
This post contains affiliate links Do you listen to books? I do – particularly while I’m gardening. It’s the ideal . . .
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A New Chapter at Fibrex Nurseries
Fibrex Nurseries could have closed with the retirement of its owners but a new team have taken on the pelargonium . . .
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