Garden design
Winter Gloss
In praise of a slightly random collection of evergreens
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Autobiography
Gardening with mini dictators
Are children simply another pest to deal with in the garden? A question I ask myself regularly as flowers are beheaded and a tyrannical toddler soaks me with the hose. Here are some tips to survive, and dare I say, enjoy gardening with kids!
Inspirational gardens
Tom Stuart-Smith on the Crisis Facing Rousham
One of our finest historic gardens is at risk of losing its tremendous setting: garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith hopes to change that.
Pets
Angels or Demons? Frank Settles the Debate
Some people love them, some people loathe them. Some gardens are designed to coddle them, some are fortresses built to keep them out. This is a conversation without end…
Trees
Trees across Three Continents
Recent travels in search of trees shine a light on the need for tree planting at home.
Seasonal
Who Says Boundaries are a Good Thing?
Forget rigid boundaries between indoors and out. As autumn deepens, bring nature inside with preserved beech branches, paperwhite bulbs nestled in glass, and wild clematis wreaths. It's about softening edges and celebrating the season's golden beauty
Flowers
Common ... or Garden?
From white gardens to tool trollies, here is a list of all the things I find 'common' in the gardening world - just don't ask about my hot tub.
Houseplants
A Schlumbergera is for Life, Not Just For Christmas
Forget a quick planty fix for Christmas - buy or rehome a holiday cactus and you'll be enjoying fabulous displays from an heirloom plant year after year.
Through the Garden Gates
The Secret Suffolk Tradescant Garden
Our Suffolk coastal village is packed with celebrities but a chance conversation with a neighbour revealed a true superstar - the father of modern gardening - John Tradescant the Elder - created a garden up the road from me. I went to take a look.
Garden design
Context is Everything
Even a 'blank canvas' is not a blank canvas.
Through the Garden Gates
Secrets, History, and Renewal in London’s Hyde Park
The best kept horticultural secret in London? In Hyde Park? surely not? From ruffians to rhododendrons, come and see for yourself.
The Garden Collective Wins at the Garden Media Guild Awards
Channel founder James Alexander-Sinclair crowned digital writer of the year