I'm a gardener, author and podcast host sharing my advice for a beautiful, vibrant and biodiverse garden
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The dahlia-hunting trip to The Netherlands every summer is one of the most exhilarating and rewarding trips of the year. I leave feeling completely inspired. Here I describe how we select one from a thousand - and why.
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A whistle-stop tour of my absolutely failsafe Christmas decorations, guaranteed to jolly up your home with as little cost to the environment as possible.
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The importance of garden birds is becoming increasingly clear and in this article I outline why. Find out what we can be doing as gardeners to encourage them to visit, or better still to come and live and breed in our gardens.
I think of spring bulbs like a relay team, each bloom handing the baton to the next. Plant now and you’ll have colour from February to summer - in borders, pots, or grass - a garden that never misses a beat. Here, I'll share my favourite teams.
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Narcissus are gradually getting more of the limelight these days, and rightly so. Here I make a case for this wonderful family of plants, explaining the characteristics I look out for in our trials - read on to discover my top ten.
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Last year gardeners all over the UK suffered from slug overload. I urge you not to let slugs put you off growing dahlias - read on for my top tips and tricks for managing the slug population, all tried and tested over the years at Perch Hill.
Having recently become a granny for the first time, my focus is back on growing with, and for children. Here are the essentials.
This is my one stop shop colour theory. Everything I've learnt over 30 years of growing and arranging cut flowers. By no means set in stone, but it works every time for me, and it's a handy rule of thumb to follow if feeling overwhelmed by options.