Ernest Wilson Garden
The Ernest Wilson Garden has been on my bucket list for a very long time and I recently ticked that one off! Ernest Wilson was a truly remarkable man and gardens in the Western World owe a lot to [...]
By Alan Down
In Coastal Gardening, Evergreens, Gardens Visited, Naturalistic garden, Plant breeding, Travel, Trees and Shrubs
Posted Gerdemann Botanic Preserve
The Gerdemann Botanic Preserve is a garden gem on the west coast of USA! It’s not one of those high profile and big budget gardens but is well worth a visit if you find yourself on the [...]
By Alan Down
Posted Friends of Trees in PNW
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 [...]
By Alan Down
In Bulbs, Evergreens, Gardens Visited, Ornamental trees, Seasonal Gardening, Trees and Shrubs, Visit Britain, Winter colour
Posted The winter garden of Anglesey Abbey
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 [...]
By Alan Down
In Bamboos, Evergreens, Gardens Visited, Ornamental trees, Pruning, Trees and Shrubs, Urban Gardening
Posted The Japanese Garden in Portland
The Japanese Garden in Portland The Japanese Garden in Portland is an exceptional garden by any standards! Over the New Year break I made my second visit to this exquisite garden. My first [...]
By Alan Down
Posted Borde Hill Garden
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 [...]
Platinum Jubilee tree planting
Platinum Jubilee tree planting in the village of Tintinhull is a project that I’ve recently taken on. I was delighted to get the ball rolling with a VIP helping to plant our first tree! We [...]
Fruiting Trees for the Small Garden
Autumn and winter is the perfect time of the year to plant garden trees and in this blog I want to cover fruiting trees for the small garden! Now, you might expect me to launch off into apples, [...]
Top Ten Scented Winter Garden Plants
Many of my top ten scented winter garden plants are mostly shrubs. But if you read on you’ll see that they are not all woody plants. What they all have in common is that they are remarkably [...]
Garden Trees for Wildlife
We’re being increasingly encouraged to plant garden trees for wildlife. We plant trees for many reasons; to provide shelter, shade, fuel, food or even just to please the eye. But trees are [...]