Seasonal
Shady Characters
With our summers getting jotter how does one create more shade to hide in?
Seasonal
Reflections on the gardening year as it moves through the seasons — what changes, what to notice, what each time of year feels like. These are the pieces tied to a particular point on the calendar, from early spring through to winter.
Collective
A Love Letter to May
The Garden Collective celebrates the loveliest of months with their favourite things about May
Seasonal
Beware the Ice Saints: May's Frosty Forecast
Could there be any truth behind the myth of Cold Sophia and her gang?
Growing for eating
Enchanting Potato Lore: From Devil's Apples to Lunar Planting
The traditional day for planting your potatoes is coming up: Good Friday. But how did this lore appear and what is behind it? And how does it tie very neatly into lunar gardening...?
Seasonal
A Parallel World
The nature outside our windows is the perfect antidote to the daily sequence of grim and depressing news stories from around the globe.
Flowers
The Good of Small Things (With Apologies to Arundhati Roy!)
It is the unexpected, unplanned and unplanted treats that draw my eye in the month of April.
Garden design
Enjoy the Seasons – While We Still Have Them
Climate change is seriously impacting the different seasons and the role of seasonality in the garden. So how can your garden help to heighten the essence of spring, summer, autumn and winter?
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Seasonal
Micro-Seasons and Daffodil Diaries: A Climate Change Drama
Can a Japanese calendar and an online daffodil diary help us understand if spring arrives earlier than it used to? And does it matter if it does? How an afternoon at the theatre helped me answer these questions.
Seasonal
Who Says Boundaries are a Good Thing?
Forget rigid boundaries between indoors and out. As autumn deepens, bring nature inside with preserved beech branches, paperwhite bulbs nestled in glass, and wild clematis wreaths. It's about softening edges and celebrating the season's golden beauty
Seasonal
Ancient Rituals in Modern Gardens: The Magic of Wassailing
It is wassailing time in the winter garden and orchard, so mull your cider and pay your respects to the apples in this beautiful echo from times past
Seasonal
Is Your Garden Going to Sleep? No, It's Just Getting Started!
Ann-Marie Powell loves September in the garden: she joins Jane Perrone to discuss why this month marks the real start of your plot's new year.
Seasonal
Delightful Things 1
A regular letter of delightful things from Laetitia Maklouf