Gardens Need Critics
This piece of mine was originally published in the Garden Design Journal in 2002. It seemed to me to be potentially useful to follow on from Marianne's last piece for [...]
This piece of mine was originally published in the Garden Design Journal in 2002. It seemed to me to be potentially useful to follow on from Marianne's last piece for [...]
I thought you might like some small, copyable, garden treats. They call them 'takeaways' in the UK media. They are the kind of thing that gives you a lift of [...]
A while ago Veddw Garden was declared one of the 100 best gardens in the UK. Even better, it was also one of the THREE best in Wales. Wow. A [...]
There are far too many garden words and expressions which annoy me. So I thought I’d give myself the pleasure of ranting about some of them. And I’ll start with [...]
Who will replace Monty Don as presenter on Gardener’s World? Well, it’s likely that you don’t care much in America, but perhaps you should. It’s one of those ‘has to [...]
They may not make for good photos, but sloping gardens offer a journey of changed perspectives. The King's garden at Highgrove is flat. Which made me think about the different [...]
We visited Highgrove so you don’t have to. An American tour guide once told me that Americans always want to visit The Laskett and Highgrove, so she takes them there [...]
Marianne has recently spent considerable time and effort sprucing up our shop page and making it useful for you. It now contains a page telling you what tools each [...]
I’ve been trying to get my head round Eupatoriums, which I see (and ignore) have become Eutrochium. Well, some of them have. Some have become something else. Some might be [...]
We are plagued by garden designers in the UK. They are everywhere, telling us what to do and how to do it, and what plants to buy. Especially what plants [...]
Recently we made a visit to Brecon. This is not far from us, in case anyone was getting over excited about the possibility that I might have been travelling again. [...]