Art of Gardening
The Art and Craft of Gardening
If you want your garden to look better next year, then put down your spade and pick up some knitting needles.
Jodie Jones
As a freelance writer I visit fabulous gardens and nurseries, talk to the talented people who shape them, and then share what I have learned. On my day off I am a volunteer gardener at Great Dixter.
Inspirational gardens
Dixter Daze: How I Got My Hands on One of the World's Greatest Gardens
Becoming a volunteer gardener at Great Dixter has taught me so much more than practical horticulture
Soil
Digging the Dirt
Why soil matters and how to make yours better.
Inspirational gardens
Rooted in Passion: a new nursery devoted to traditional techniques
At Hooton's Walled Nursery in South Yorkshire, Dean and Glenn Charlton are reclaiming the art and craft of horticulture to cultivate plants that are both beautiful and useful
Plantspeople
Queen of the Hellebores: The Extraordinary Life of Elizabeth Strangman
Meet the legendary nurserywoman who, in a life devoted to choice perennials and woodland plants, has produced some of the most beautiful hellebores now in cultivation
Plantspeople
A Wild Life: Meet Chris Baines, The Original Wildlife Gardener
He has been championing British wildlife habitats under threat since the 1970s, and Chris Baines is still one of our leading environmentalists today, spreading the word that every garden, however small, can help reverse the decline