Press days at RHS flower shows are always a mixed bag for me. I am inspired and enthused by torrents […]
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Wakehurst – walking on a bluebell planet
I’ve known Ed Ikin, head of Landscape and Horticulture for Kew’s country place at Wakehurst, for years in a virtual kind […]
Happy Waitangi Day – on the sunny side of the world
I started writing this post on 6th February, on a grey, damp and dingy Monday. Like many of my compatriots, […]
Things That Go Bump
As a child I had to miss the second step on the stairs and could not cross the landing at […]
Ferruginous and Crinkly – RHS Hampton Court Flower Show
If it’s July it must be Hampton Court. RHS Hampton Court Show is a big site, with a wide variety […]
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 […]
Forever Freefolk – joining a planting team at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
This year I had a very small part in the making of Chelsea. When Rosy Hardy first told me last […]
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 […]
Taken away from Chelsea Flower Show
Now Chelsea’s been and gorn what sticks in my mind? 1. I should invest in a nice umbrella. But how […]
Fine bone structure – a garden on the threshold of spring.
My aunt phoned me and proposed a garden visit. It being early March we soon realised, after the initial burst […]
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