I'm a writer gardener. Author of The Grove and currently working on GREEN KINGDOM: the Family History of Plants, but having the most fun here on the Garden Collective.
As it turns out, schemes as much as schemata were the fulcrum of the Swedish Botanist's life. I took a trip to Uppsala to reckon with the Father of Taxonomy's complicated legacy and eat some summer fruit.
I'm making a list, I'm checking it twice, I'm gonna give out some horti advice...
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What does serious money do to a garden?
I'm sheltering from Denmark's coldest winter in twenty years with the help of a new plant and a trip to Pangaea
Looking for some fluff and droop? Well look no further...
What the radically different fate of two remote islands can tell us about managing plants
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So... What is your favourite plant?
So what is your favourite plant....? Media Training I’ve been undergoing media training this week. All the usual stuff: how to take command of an interview, how to stall things, play for time and talk without giving anything away. It came free with my publishing deal, from a publisher
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Is it a crime to drink a pink martini now and then? Yes. It is. Find out why in this exploration of the softer side of Jam Barons and seed spitters.
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A well planted tree is a gift to the future. But what separates a thriving young specimen from a dead stick in a hole? Join kings, presidents and peasants in this surprising guide to putting roots in the ground and leaves in the air.
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I investigate why gardeners who value their past, present and future should read more Proust and ask the all important question: are journalists lower than snakes?
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Does your garden-ruined face provoke shock and alarm? Never mind, just learn to love your wrinkles as you read this handy guide to rose-pruning, oak worship, shelter belt planting and other winter jobs.