Grasping the Nettle is the second book written by friend and garden guru Tamsin Westhorpe. In this book Tamsin takes us through her amazing career! She started as a humble Parks Department litter [...]
Isola Madre island garden is a partner garden with the British Royal Horticultural Society [RHS]. Since I’ve been a member of the RHS for almost 50 years a visit to the Isola Madre [...]
Bamboo products are everywhere but we often take them for granted! When visiting the amazing French Bambouseriae [bamboo] Garden earlier I was struck by how many bamboo products there were in [...]
The bambouseraie [bamboo] garden in southern France had always been on my bucket list. When this year we rented a house just 30 mins drive away, I knew this was a visit that I could tick off the [...]
Artisan Spirulina producers are dwarfed by huge commercial producers in China, USA and other countries. I wanted to see how this highly acclaimed algal food was grown. So whilst on holiday in the [...]
Borde Hill Garden had been on my wish list for a very long time. It wasn’t until late April of this year that I finally got to visit! The gardens are located in West Sussex in the south [...]
Ornamental edibles can hold their own with flowers! In fact some ornamental edibles are not only good enough to eat but can upstage many of the flowering plants we grow! There are masses of [...]
One of the UK’s biggest seed and plant suppliers has asked me to share with you the chance to win some great plants! They are Thompson and Morgan and they’re offering some really [...]
Now that bulbs are popping up everywhere in the garden I’m reminded that it’s time to get planting summer blooming bulbs! Daffodils, crocus and snowdrops will soon be followed by the richest of [...]
To grow periwinkle plants is not difficult! They are an easy to please plant that provides effective evergreen ground cover. This results in low maintenance gardening but also is good for nature. [...]