Planting Design
We Need to Talk About Yellow!
Why is yellow so controversial? I try to unlock the mystery of the colour conundrum.
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Flower shows
Percy Thrower: The Legacies of Britain's Head Gardener
One of television's first gardening celebrities was inextricably linked to an event dubbed 'The World's Wonder Show', but that legacy is now at risk.
Through the Garden Gates
Unlocking the Mysteries of Kek
Cake and gardens have long held each other in a passionate and lingering embrace. Would a garden centre or open garden still be the same without cakes?
Garden design
See Your Garden Anew: The Art of Indoor Perspectives
Add an extra dimension to your garden design, by ensuring that some of the views from indoors are as special as they are outdoors...
Trees
Respect Your Elder
There are three trees that captivated my as a child, but only one still provides me with a double harvest every year: the generous, mysterious, much-maligned elder tree.
Wildlife
A Bird in the Hand...
or - How to Train a Robin!
Children
The Granny Gardener
Having recently become a granny for the first time, my focus is back on growing with, and for children. Here are the essentials.
Art of Gardening
Weeders, Seedsmen and Fencers: A Gardener's Medical Journey
We put our bodies through quite a lot while gardening: is it not time that the medical establishment recognised our contribution to the lexicon of musculoskeletal disorders?
Collective
Debate: Why Chelsea matters
Join the Garden Collective of leading garden thinkers to discuss the impact of the world's most famous flower show.
Plant profiles
More Fleeting Moments
This month, I reflect on spring’s quiet beauty – especially the hawthorn’s return. From countryside drives to ancient folklore, it’s a call to pause, notice, and celebrate fleeting moments before they pass us by, just like the blossom itself.
Chelsea Flower Show
The Judge’s Tale - RHS Chelsea Flower Show Week
I have been judging gardens at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show - you may agree or disagree with what we decided, but this is how it works.
Clothing
Why I Always Wear a Hat
'Slip Slap Slop' to combat skin cancer, as the Aussies would say.