Review: The Money-Saving Gardener
Gardening can be an expensive hobby – compost, tools and, of course, plants. Yet, it is possible to create something . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #427
Rose of the Year 2024 is the ideal choice for today’s cheerful flower as the choice for 2025 will be . . .
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A Trip To BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2024
As the press preview for BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2024 started, exhibitors were putting the final touches to gardens and . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #426
This week’s cheerful flower is something I saw at BBC Gardeners’ World Live last week and was chosen for the . . .
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Review: Tomatoes & Basil on the 5th Floor
Often the biggest barrier to growing veg is knowing where to start. It was certainly a hurdle Patrick Vernuccio had . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #425
These are brightening up my border and will hopefully brighten your Monday. It’s a terrible year for slugs and snails . . .
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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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Cheering Up Mondays #424
The cut flowers have started. So, it had to be the first blooms for this week’s cheerful flower. This is . . .
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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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Cheering Up Mondays #423
Something I spotted at this year’s RHS Chelsea for today’s cheerful flower and the last of the month – how . . .
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