A Return to Kew Gardens
As a postgrad student in London, Kew Gardens was my go-to place for revision sessions. Somehow, being among the flowers . . .
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South Lodge – Working With Nature
South Lodge opens for the National Garden Scheme this week. I went to have a look around ahead of its . . .
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Breaking the Rules at Downton House
With the plethora of gardening advice around it’s easy to imagine that there’s only one way of doing things but . . .
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Barnsley Festival Returns
Barnsley Village Garden Festival is returning in May this year after a two-year break. I’ve been out visit to Layston, . . .
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Exploring London Gardens
London gardens have intrigued me since childhood when a train journey from our home in the south east into the . . .
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East Ruston Pushes the Boundaries
I remember Norfolk winters as bitingly cold so desert-style planting was the last thing I expected to see at East . . .
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Studying Snowdrops at Colesbourne Park
Colesbourne Park has long been one of my favourite Cotswold winter gardens so a chance to join its snowdrop study . . .
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Snowdrop-gazing at Upton Wold
There’s nothing quite like the sight of naturalised late winter flowers to lift the spirits. They were certainly needed when . . .
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Winter Colour at The Picton Garden
Unexpected discoveries are one of the best things about my job. Usually it’s a new garden that turns out to . . .
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Yeo Valley Takes Organic to Chelsea
I was invited to Yeo Valley earlier this summer to look around and hear about their Chelsea garden. Visiting gardens . . .
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