In recent weeks I’ve been driving about with my mouth open. The hedgerows have been fantastic, overflowing with cow parsley […]
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Friday Flora – Abutilon vitifolium var. album
I struck a cutting from a friend’s Abutilon vitifolium var. album about ten years ago. Once it was a decent […]
A garden full of sculptures for Oxfordshire Artweek
On Bank Holiday Monday Chris and I went to the last day of “Sculpture at Kingham Lodge” in the nearby […]
Friday Flora – Hepatica
This week I just had to show you the devastatingly charming display of Hepatica (all 12 species) at RHS Chelsea […]
Aghast or Amused? Questions of Taste at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
My legs still hurt a bit. On Monday I spent eight hours walking round Chelsea Flower Show and only sat down […]
What about the workers? RHS Chelsea Flower Show Build-Up
The first time I “did Chelsea”, I think it was 2001 and I was very new to my job at […]
Friday Flora – Hyacinthoides non-scripta
There are bluebell woods dotted all around the Cotswolds, and as you drive about it is hard not to be […]
Friday Flora – Muscari armeniacum ‘Peppermint’
This little powder blue grape hyacinth has been flowering in my back door pots for at least three weeks now and […]
Friday Flora
My camera comes with me almost everywhere, it has almost replaced notebooks now. I thought perhaps I’d try to post a […]
Plants for your pots from seed
As you may know I’m a tutor at My Garden School, teaching a course on Container Gardening – I’ve planted […]
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