A Year of Colour: Your Permission to Garden Boldly
My new book is finally here. 40 real combinations from my real garden – and my manifesto for gardening with your heart on your sleeve.
Ann-Marie Powell
Award-winning designer and home gardener, weaving colour into gardens to create vibrant, nature-rich spaces. Join me in cultivating joyful outdoor havens that excite year-round.
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Blurred Edges
On letting go, sodden soil, and what happens when a garden designer stops designing her own.
When April Brings You To Your Knees
On falling behind, looking closer, and what the garden does when you can’t keep up.
How Not to Garden in June: Ann-Marie's Notebook
Come and not-garden with me! Everything Laetitia and I are leaving well alone this June, with links.
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Garden Chic: Why Your Garden Wardrobe Matters More Than You Think
Garden Chic isn't about looking fancy while deadheading – it's finding joy in dressing for a space you love. From my grandmother's influence to my garden lipstick, I'm making the case: your plants make an effort – why shouldn't you?
The Best Gardener I Ever Gardened With.
On losing my husband Jules, and where we really find the people we've loved.
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Confessions of a Kitchen Table Seed Starter
My kitchen is becoming mission control for my growing addiction AT LAST. Between client meetings and CAD designs, I'm nurturing hundreds of potential gardens, one tiny seed at a time. March is here, and my seed tin is demanding to be opened!
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Cultivating Digital Roots
Can social media be a force for good? When I first started nervously talking to my phone in the garden, I stumbled into something extraordinary in the online gardening world. Here's what I learned about growing real connections in unexpected places.
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Embracing Nature's Riot of Colour: A Gardener's Confessional Journey
Bloom boldly: One gardener's colourful rebellion against horticultural norms. Read the journey from timid novice to passionate advocate for daring hues, discovering the joy of breaking free from 'good taste' & embracing nature's bold colour palette.
The Simple Joy of Lying Down: Why I’ll Never Get Rid of My Lawn
Lawns may be unfashionable in garden circles these days, but you can’t really lie down in a border, can you?
Garden Wellbeing? Time to Tell It Like It Is
What does 'wellbeing' in the garden really mean or is it just a contemporary buzzword? For me it's about stolen moments in dressing gowns, sharing dawn tea with my husband, morning frost, and finding hope in every season.
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2024: The Year Mother Nature Tore Up Our Gardening Rulebooks!
Nature rewrote the garden rules in 2024. From stressed trees to surprise slug invasions, this year proved "perfect" gardens are outdated. The future? Resilient spaces that flourish naturally