Garden history
Ancient Tree, Epic Journey: The Buckland Yew Goes Walkabout
Moving trees is child’s play today: we have diggers and cranes. It was not always as easy…
Latest
A Survivalist's Guide to Staying Alive
Water is the most abundant substance on earth, yet we seem to have absolutely no real grasp on how vital it is and how valuable.
Wellness & wellbeing
Garden Wellbeing? Time to Tell It Like It Is
What does 'wellbeing' in the garden really mean or is it just a contemporary buzzword? For me it's about stolen moments in dressing gowns, sharing dawn tea with my husband, morning frost, and finding hope in every season.
Autobiography
The Value of Gardens: A Professional Passion or Just a Hobby?
Whether you're a landscape professional or hobbyist we need to find ways to elevate the role of gardens and landscapes, and can that start through value?
Herbs
Where Have All The Flowers Gone? A New Year's Plea to Plant Lovers
The specialist nurseries are struggling. Many are closing their doors for good. Why?
Christmas
String Theory: The Gift Every Gardener Truly Wants
We eschew expensive after shaves, exotic foodstuffs, electronics and vintage wines in favour of the one thing every gardener needs - and not just for Christmas.
Sustainability
2024: The Year Mother Nature Tore Up Our Gardening Rulebooks!
Nature rewrote the garden rules in 2024. From stressed trees to surprise slug invasions, this year proved "perfect" gardens are outdated. The future? Resilient spaces that flourish naturally
Happiness is a Warm Garden
What is the point of gardening? Well, I’ll tell you. It makes you happy.
Garden design
Green Walls: Glamorous on the Outside, Troublesome Within
Green walls may be sexy but are they worth the faff and heartbreak?
Houseplants
Don't buy Calatheas, and other tips for keeping your houseplants alive
The houseplant game is a different one to outdoor gardening: when it goes wrong, the evidence is sitting there in front of your eyes, not tucked away outside. But if you've failed before, it's time to get back in business with my potted wisdom.
Garden history
The NerdMistress General: What my Dad's Slayer Taught me About Garden History
I'm used to digging around stately homes for 'grand' history, but a chance find in Dad's cellar made me think again about where we find the real stories behind our gardens.