As we cross the threshold of another year I’m thinking about front doors. Keeping on top of home gardening tasks […]
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Ten Lessons from my Spring Back Door Pots 2016-17
It’s hard work planting pots for winter and spring. I dread the work it entails, the heaving about of compost, […]
FridayFlora – Celosia – Flamingo Feathers and Dragon’s Breath
Every year the Chiltern Seeds catalogue plops through my door and exhorts me to “Grow something new from seed”. Being […]
Friday Fauna – Fledglings
I went a bit viral on Twitter this week. Not for a witty remark or a 240 character piece of […]
Taking a rain check at Chatsworth
Press days at RHS flower shows are always a mixed bag for me. I am inspired and enthused by torrents […]
Friday Flora – Fritillaria meleagris
I once caught the meadow at Magdalen College, Oxford, at exactly the right time. Thousands upon thousands of Fritillaria meleagris […]
Snow It All – the reluctant galanthophile
I love plants. I love all plants (except the ones which bite me). Call me a whining liberal, but I […]
Potting Solitaire: A Moving Account of the Summer of 16
As I write, the radio is wittering on about possible snow storms, and raindrops are skittering across my study’s skylight, a glum, grey […]
Even If We’re Just Planting in the Dark
I fell over in the dark last week. As I crashed to the ground time slowed down, as it always […]
Friday Flora – Gentiana spp
This week I nipped up to Yorkshire to give a talk, it was great fun and my hosts were so […]
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