‘Horticulturist’
I was scratching around looking for something to write about and then this came to my attention. Well it's not a bad question... Talk of divine inspiration; I [...]
Ben Probert
Just A Quick Word…
I'm not expecting many people will read this. Hopefully people are enjoying the company of friends and family. However there will be people who, for whatever reason, won't be quite [...]
Bad Week, Good Plants
Last week wasn't great. I won't go into why, but suffice to say that if sometimes you get to see the best of humanity there will also be times when [...]
Maintenance or Management?
I find trees very exciting. As a species humans are used to looking down on things that are smaller than us: shrubs, bulbs, herbaceous plants etc. We marvel at big [...]
Moan, Moan, Moan!
It's been a long week. The nights are drawing in and the mornings are gloomy. The sky has been a particularly dreary grey most days, a shroud of dull cloud [...]
Late Camellias
I have mixed emotions around this time of the year. Summer is losing its grip and soon winter will be here; the passing of time is something completely beyond my [...]
Plantsmanship 101
“You must visit my friend Mary; she's a plantswoman.” I'm a fairly placid sort of chap really. I do what I do and I'm largely happy for the world around [...]
Green Is A Colour
I passed a gentleman sat with his wife. “There's not much colour” he remarked to her. I looked up, I looked one way and the other, I looked down. Colour [...]
A Past Love
I was at my desk when I received a message from someone I haven't heard from in years. We'd dated for a while at secondary school, or as it's known [...]
How To See A Garden
Garden visiting is one of the most important things a gardener can do. Getting out of our gardens to see what other people are up to is not an indulgence, [...]
A Summer Slump
I love what I do. I love plants, I love gardens, I feel a great pride in my knowledge and abilities. Why then do I feel so numb to it [...]