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 [...]

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 [...]

Dyffryn Fernant Garden It’s not often that I visit a garden and am totally blown away by it.  This is generally because I already know of the garden or perhaps have visited it before.   Not so [...]

House plants from the rain forest seems an unlikely scenario. But, after a recent visit to Central America I discovered that this is just where many of the plants that we have in our homes [...]

Plant ornamental grass with perennial partners to create a magical effect. One partner compliments the other so well! The rise in popularity of gardening with ornamental grass shows no sign of [...]

Keukenhof Garden near Amsterdam puts on an astounding annual display of spring flowering bulbs. At the end of a cold and grey winter in Europe visitors flood to see this colour spectacle but [...]

Cruising the Alaskan Inside Passage The Inside Passage of Alaska used to puzzle the Western World. Local First Nation peoples spoke of a way to the north between the huge island of Vancouver and [...]

Scottish Buddhist Monastery A Scottish Buddhist Monastery in Scotland? Yes, there really is! Having visited a few in Nepal and Sikkim I was skeptical when friends suggested a visit to the Samye [...]

  I’ve been fortunate in visiting South Africa many times but still the sight of the Namakwaland Desert blooming eluded me. The Northern Cape, close to the border with southern Namibia, is [...]

Cape fynbos is found only at the southern-most tip of that great continent Africa! Fynbos literally translated from Afrikaans means ‘fine bush’. It’s an area of extraordinary plant diversity and [...]

Brazilian plants are some of the most exciting on the planet! Currently all eyes on that fantastic city Rio de Janeiro and the Olympic Games being held there in 2016. I thought that I’d share [...]

Introduction I’ve just returned from a few weeks break in Brazil. I spent much of my trip looking at spectacular wildlife such as jaguar, giant otter and fabulous bird life! During those ventures [...]

The English Lakes in autumn can be one of the most beautiful places on earth! That is if you get the weather right and avoid a soaking! This Felicity and I did in late October of this year. We [...]

Chillingham Wild Cattle are fascinating rare wild things! I recently saw these in England. I’ve seen other wild cattle before but those were in more exotic places. The Chillingham Wild [...]

Hot chilies; I’d heard about a place that grows them in South Devon. I finally got to visit them! South Devon Chilli Farm had been on my visit ‘wish list’ for years. Passing the [...]

Whatever you buy nowadays, it seems to be made in China doesn’t it? You would think that would be limited to manufactured goods wouldn’t you? And that the Chinese influence [...]