Review: A Little History of British Gardening
My father always used to say that if you hung onto something long enough it would eventually come back into . . .
Read moreGardens, gardeners, and growing ideas
My father always used to say that if you hung onto something long enough it would eventually come back into . . .
Read moreFor many gardeners, feeding the soil is like the plumbing in a house, essential but frankly uninspiring. Indeed, the women . . .
Read moreIt’s been some years since my gardening was confined to a few houseplants and some pots balanced precariously outside a . . .
Read moreIf gardening books should inspire or inform, then Gardens of Marrakesh succeeds on both fronts. Part history lesson, part traveller’s . . .
Read moreI’ve always been nervous of orchids. Partly because I’m not known for my skill with houseplants. Things that grow outside . . .
Read moreAs with elephant eating, so growing vegetables is much easier in bite-sized pieces. I used to have an allotment-style plot, . . .
Read moreIt seems hard to imagine a time when gardeners didn’t encourage wildlife into their gardens. Most that I meet welcome . . .
Read moreAs a writer trees worry me. Faced with an herbaceous border, I’m in my element but charged with talking about . . .
Read moreDon’t judge a book . . . Despite being a paid-up member of the ‘don’t judge a book by its . . .
Read moreI’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve been told a garden is planted for year-round colour. In truth, . . .
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