Planting Design
The Perils of Perfecting Spring Colour
When timing, taste (human and animal alike), and a changing climate conspire to undermine even the most carefully laid plans, often to delightful effect.
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How to
Finding a Relaxed Approach to Home Gardening
There is no need to be brow-beaten by rules and complexities. Settle into your own rhythms and routines.
Wellness & wellbeing
Yours Looks Better Than Mine
The allure of perfectly curated gardens in print and on social media often leaves gardeners comparing their own efforts to images that seem flawless.
Growing for eating
Unlocking Kitchen Garden Success: A Flavourful Guide
The success of your kitchen garden owes almost everything to what you do sat on your backside before you start. Be bold, prioritise flavour and pleasure, and set your sail on a path for deliciousness to come.
Plant profiles
Euphoric Euphorbias
A diverse range of plants for every kind of garden
Garden history
The Utens Lunettes
A little-known Flemish painter produced one of the masterpieces of Italian Renaissance garden art
Garden history
When Chainsaws Nearly Ended Civilisation
From whirring chainsaws to war-ready platoons, learn how a simple gardening task almost triggered World War III in the most dramatic tree surgery ever attempted.
Inspirational gardens
Ryoan-Ji: My Garden Pilgrimage
The trip of a lifetime to see the gardens of Japan, one of which will stay with me forever.
Plant profiles
The Magic of Seeds
Seeds provide the essential momentum that pulls us forward into Spring. Even after many years, the magic of germination still thrills me.
Wellness & wellbeing
Where Do You Draw Inspiration From?
Not an advert, I promise! More importantly, I just wanted to write about inspiration: as everyone says, it is all around us.
Plant profiles
Kittens and Thongs: My top catkin-bearing plants
Looking for some fluff and droop? Well look no further...
Growing for eating
The Most Exciting Edible Garden in Britain
Discover Birch Farm, a revolutionary edible garden in North Devon where nature’s complexity creates an abundant, self-sustaining paradise. From beetle banks to perennial crops, Joshua Sparkes is redefining how we grow food.