My rainwater harvesting installation may have jinxed the weather! Ever since I’ve finished installing my new rainwater harvesting installation in my garden here in South Somerset it has [...]
Friends of Trees in PNW (Pacific Northwest of USA) is not new. In fact it has been around a longtime having been established way back in 1989. In those last 35 years almost one million trees and [...]
Alan Down is able to tackle a wide range of horticultural consultancy projects. He is able to draw on a lifetime of commercial, retail and amateur horticultural experience. Alan has worked in [...]
Galanthus ‘Merlin’, an old snowdrop, is just beginning to bloom [mid January] in my garden now. Of all the hundreds of varieties of snowdrop you might wonder why I’ve chosen to [...]
I’ve been gardening for most of my life. In total that’s around 60 years of gardening! During that time I’ve had the opportunity to try out many different gardening tools and [...]
Robinson’s Gravetye Manor Garden has left a legacy of one of our most influential garden designers. It’s a garden that has been long on my bucket list! In May of this year we managed [...]
Camassias at Brighton Park came to me as a complete surprise! We were there in mid May this year and as we approach the time to plant Camassia bulbs [autumn] I am prompted to tell you about it! [...]
St George’s mushroom is in season! This tasty mushroom may be hard to find but when you do find it it’s well worth the effort of searching. Unlike most edible mushrooms that are [...]
A Test of the Kindling Cracker I was recently asked to do a test of the Kindling Cracker and was duly sent two of these free of charge. There are two sizes of this log splitting device and I was [...]
The winter garden at Anglesey Abbey had long been on my wish list to visit. I’d visited the excellent winter garden at Cambridge Botanic Garden many years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. I [...]
