Essays
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?
Essays
The deep dives and the musings. Essays are what the Garden Collective writers do best. Perfect for morning coffee or an evening glass of something, a satisfying read.
Essays
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?
Essays
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 From stressed trees to surprise slug invasions, this year proved "perfect" gardens are outdated.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
Edibles
From Seed to Soil: A Gardener's Evolution
A reflection, with a few digressions, on my journey as a gardener.