A Look Back at the Garden in 2020
Never have I been so glad to see the back of a year but I guess I’m not alone in . . .
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Category: Featured
Review: Stocking Filler Gardening Books
The garden publishing world is rather like an over-planted border, so stuffed full of titles you wonder that there’s room, . . .
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The 2020 Cut Flowers Gardening Trials
I’ve been looking back at this year’s cut flowers gardening trials and deciding what to grow next year. There seems . . .
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2020 Flower Advent Calendar #1
I’ve run a flower advent calendar for many years but usually just on my social media accounts with a round-up . . .
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Review: Sissinghurst by Tim Richardson
Sissinghurst is one of those places many feel they know without ever having visited. It’s arguably one of the most . . .
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It’s Topsy-turvy in the Garden
There’s no doubt it’s been a strange autumn in my garden. In fact, I seem to have all the seasons . . .
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Review: Secret Gardens of Somerset by Abigail Willis
While visiting gardens in the Cotswolds is part of my job, this year I’d planned several trips further afield. None . . .
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Charles Dowding and no dig growing
As no dig advocate Charles Dowding releases a new book, I’ve been chatting to him about his way of gardening. . . .
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Sweet peas – the 2020 season
Sweet peas were one of this year’s success stories, flowering right up until mid-August and providing so many blooms I . . .
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Review: Soupologie, 5 a Day Soups by Anastasia Argent
I didn’t request a review copy of Soupologie and it was sent to me on spec but I’m so glad . . .
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