Cheering Up Mondays #372
It’s Press Day at Chelsea so something from a previous show seemed perfect for this week’s cheerful flower. This beauty . . .
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Behind the Scenes at the Chelsea Build
Long hours, intense pressure but with an adrenaline buzz like no other, the RHS Chelsea build is like little else . . .
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Plant-hunting at RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2023
For me, it’s always the plants that are the most interesting bit of any gardening show and the RHS Malvern . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #371
The standout plant for me at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival was this. It’s nothing fancy, or even very big, . . .
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Exploring Great Dixter and Gravetye Manor
There’s always a slight apprehension about visiting a garden that’s long been on the ‘must see’ list. Will it be . . .
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Review: Not Another Jungle
Do we need another book on houseplants? ‘Not Another Jungle’ shows there’s still room on the bookshelves. I realised that . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #370
I couldn’t resist another tulip for Cheering Up Mondays, especially when it’s as outrageously cheerful as this. I saw this . . .
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Royal Inspiration at BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2023
Highgrove is the inspiration for one garden at BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2023. I’ve been talking to designer Paul Stone . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #369
This is a real star in my garden at the moment. I’ve grown the white flowered honesty for long time . . .
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Celebrating Tulips at The Laskett
With its stage set gardens within a garden, wide-ranging array of topiary, and eye-catching urns, stonework and statues, it could . . .
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