Garden design
My Legacy List
Where gravitas trumps grace
Planting Design
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
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 profiles
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 profiles
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!
Colour
Seeing Red - Sunny Plants for Shady Places
Planting for a sizzling autumn with nature's most arresting and dangerous colour.