Garden design
Gone With The Wind
Why gale force winds are not my favourite gardening weather and what to plant on the coast
Planting Design
Planting Design
Delightful Things 3
Stones, planting, cake
Planting Design
The Things We Leave Standing
Cutting back starts with the mush, but many plants are left standing for their winter form and seedheads. This is a walk through those that offer structure, contrast and presence.
Planting Design
A Year of Colour: Your Permission to Garden Boldly
My new book is finally here. 40 real combinations from my real garden – and my manifesto for gardening with your heart on your sleeve.
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Planting Design
My Go-to Winter Scented Plants
Inhale the blues away with Viburnums, Daphnes and Sarcococcas.
Garden design
Liminal Loveliness: Treasuring The Space Between
How I'm planning to re-frame the view from my kitchen
Planting Design
The Mixed Border - Time for a re-brand?
Mixed borders are an underappreciated and under-celebrated part of Britain's garden heritage and practice. Time to shout out for them!
Plant profile
Japanese Anemone: The Stalwart That Steals The Show
A deep dive into these hardworking, heavy-lifting plants, including my shopping list for autumn container planting.
Plant profile
Loved and Lost
How many plants have you killed? Here are a few of my failures.
Trees
The F Word Your Garden Needs: Meet the Fastigiate Trees
We all understand the benefit of trees, but many of us don't have the garden space. Or do we? If you have headroom, chances are, you have space for a fastigiate tree!
Bulbs
The Olympic Relay-Race for Bulbs
I think of spring bulbs like a relay team, each bloom handing the baton to the next. Plant now and you’ll have colour from February to summer - in borders, pots, or grass - a garden that never misses a beat. Here, I'll share my favourite teams.
Planting Design
The Joy and Chaos of Loving Variegated Plants
From instability and sunburn, to high value price tags and striped leaf swoon - where do you stand on variegated plants? (If you're a hater, I bet you'll still love my Aspidistra!)