Houseplants
A house full of leaves with Matthew Pottage
Because gardening isn't just about the great outdoors!
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Growing for eating
Unlocking Nature's Secrets: Growing Gourmet Native Mushrooms Indoors
Growing your own gourmet native mushrooms is not only feasible but also incredibly rewarding.
Autobiography
Finding solace in the Greenwood, After My Sad Loss
I knew this Christmas would be quiet but I didn't know I would spend it with a broken heart. My husband of 41 years, a passionate gardener, died peacefully last month, but I will visit him in a natural burial ground, where he will rest in peace.
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Inspirational gardens
From Football Anthems to an Enchanted Garden: A Beautiful Journey
The echoes of Match of the Day in the 1980s should be a world away as I travel to discover a unique historic garden on the outskirts of Lisbon.
Winter
The Garden in Winter
Your garden shows you how winter is an essential part of human and natural life
Growing for eating
My Salad Days with Raymond Blanc OBE
The perfect salad is a work of art. Here I share some beautiful leaves to pick in winter. Plus what happens when you fail a fiery Frenchman!
Christmas
Is This the Way to Amaryllis? And Other Christmas Disasters
I am convinced that the perfect Christmas wreath is within twining distance - but it only takes a door slam and a prostrate robin to prove me wrong
Christmas
The Holly and the Ivy: the importance of evergreens
From ancient to modern times evergreens have uplifted the spirits, especially in the dead of winter, and in this article I discuss how important it is to maintain that tradition
Garden history
How the Victorians Flirted with Floriography ... not aubergine emojis
From dramatic declarations of war to dangerously suggestive orchids, the alluring history of flower symbolism and why most meanings have been lost over time. Is there a desire to bring them back?
Christmas
A Lovely Green Christmas
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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Planting Design
My Go-to Winter Scented Plants
Inhale the blues away with Viburnums, Daphnes and Sarcococcas.
Inspirational gardens
Hardcore horticulture: Discovering the walled garden at Knepp
Everyone is talking about the walled garden at Knepp - it's exciting and somewhat bewildering. A garden growing on piles of crushed concrete, rubble and hardcore surely can't be anything of note, can it?