Garden writing
Ben Dark on the Art of Garden Writing
Would you like to write about plants and gardens? Ben Dark joins Jane Perrone to explain how he got started in garden writing and offer up some tips for writing in an age of AI.
Ben Dark
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.
Plant profile
The Most Difficult Question
So... What is your favourite plant?
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Growing for eating
Raspberry Hooray
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.
Garden history
Volcanic Gardening
What the radically different fate of two remote islands can tell us about managing plants
Plant profile
Kittens and Thongs: My top catkin-bearing plants
Looking for some fluff and droop? Well look no further...
Sustainability
A Thousand Days of Tree: How to Give Plantings the Best Start in Life
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.
Winter
Smells like a Knife: how club moss gets me through the cold
I'm sheltering from Denmark's coldest winter in twenty years with the help of a new plant and a trip to Pangaea
Remembrance of things Pasta
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?
How to design a garden
The 40 Lessons Every Gardener Should Learn
I'm making a list, I'm checking it twice, I'm gonna give out some horti advice...
Garden design
Sham Ruins for Small Gardens
Nothing goes with wildflowers like wild-towers. Here's some folly for the averaged-sized space
The Art of Rose Pruning (and Other Useful Scams)
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.