Growing the lotus
Has growing this given me more pleasure than anything else?
Noel Kingsbury
I'm a writer, researcher, teacher, planting designer and occasional provocateur, largely known as a promoter of ecological planting design.
Spring means daffodils
Much human ingenuity has been spent on a flower that truly spells spring.
Goodbye to my Portuguese garden
Six years of a steep learning curve
Sharing my last garden in England
I've never written about it before, and there is a lot to say.
Essay
Karl Foerster: Nurseryman, Plant Breeder, Philosopher... but no Hero
150 years since the birth of one of the world's most significant figures in garden history is an opportunity to find out more and assess his legacy.
Essay
Meadows - Not Just for the Countryside
Wildflower meadows are seductive for those with larger country gardens. But achieving good ones is difficult, and even then, they can still fail to satisfy. So, how can we make the most of them?
Essay
Pandora's Perennials, Biodiversity and the Dialectics of Fashion
I pursue my journey through the last 50-odd years of British garden history looking at how we loosened up through a range of planting styles - and discuss some surprising comparisons.
Going Native? Not Here Please!
The discussion of 'native' as opposed to 'introduced' plants in gardens and landscapes is an important one, but needs to be approached with caution, and very much from a local perspective.
Essay
The De-Stripeing of the Lawn
The discovery of a dusty box containing a 1960s toy garden kit sends me off on a journey through 20th century garden history.