Is the Bud better than the Blossom?
This is Magnolia time. And every year there is some slight discord in this house as Charles insists he prefers (prefers, note) the bud to the blossom. Well, I [...]
This is Magnolia time. And every year there is some slight discord in this house as Charles insists he prefers (prefers, note) the bud to the blossom. Well, I [...]
I'm now going to bore you some more with my trip to Chipping Campden. See, I think about you all the time, even on holiday, and I thought you might [...]
It seems two of us have been on holiday. Rather a contrast - one of us to the desert, and me to -- Chipping Campden. Which is just about as [...]
If there’s one thing which obsesses most gardeners it’s filling up every available space in the garden. Preferably in layers. When I was a novice Christopher Lloyd terrified me [...]
Gardens Illustrated is 30 years old this year. I have a first copy, dated April/May 1993. It came out every two months from then. That was a real, delightful game [...]
Well, it’s frosty outside and the sun is shining and you probably want me to write about snowdrops. There’s a lot of snowdrop waffle at this time of year, (I’ve [...]
What is a gardener? Many years ago Charles would refuse to ‘own’ his part of the garden because he declared that he couldn’t properly claim to be a gardener. He [...]
Happy Christmas everyone!!! Though I am so sorry to hear about your weather. Now: Gardens take a long time to make. And most people’s garden are probably inherited, because we [...]
I recently wrote a post which was, I thought, perhaps unfair to Charles. Not pleased..... So I thought I would ask if I had been, and discuss whose [...]
First, I need to say that this book was written by a great and well loved friend. However, in spite of my obvious bias, I believe this is the book [...]
We were wondering recently, prompted by Susan, about how to manage walking round the garden and simply enjoying it rather than noticing all the things which are wrong and the [...]
Flat planting at Trentham Gardens Flat Planting Well, I asked what else I could possibly offer which might help fellow garden makers and got this : Border design: [...]