Exotic plants

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 [...]

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 [...]

A house plant studio as a pharmacy sounds a rather fanciful idea. But increasingly we’re realizing the benefit of surrounding ourselves with plants as we work. At the recent RHS Chelsea [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

During a wander around my garden recently (*) I was struck by the influence Chilean plants in my garden have on our late spring gardens! My first stop was by an as yet half grown evergreen that [...]

I love to push the boundaries and grow exotic bedding plants! But what do I mean by exotic? I guess the term exotic covers most of the plants in our gardens but I’m referring to those that [...]