Soil
Digging the Dirt
Why soil matters and how to make yours better.
Sustainability
Growing with the planet in mind. How we garden in ways that give back rather than take. From reducing waste and working with nature's rhythms to the bigger questions about how we live and grow more thoughtfully, these are the pieces on doing right by the earth.
Flowers
The Floral Revolution: The Unexpected Battleground
I became a gardener because I adore flowers. But when my week comes round to share my flowers with the village, I find some unexpected barriers. Can I persuade those wedded to tradition of floral foam of a new way?
Sustainability
Go Ahead and Double Dig - You Have My Support
Gardening isn’t about choosing sides, it’s about nurturing life. For too long, I’ve been caught up in the battle between different methods, forgetting that the real victory lies in in something far more important than proving a point.
Sustainability
Will our beloved trees cope with the changing climate?
Kew Gardens are turning heads with their climate modelling science and mapping it to future tree planting suitability - hear more on The Garden Collective from Kevin Martin, the man behind the work
Sustainability
No Thank You, I'm Organic
Join me on my journey from a green love affair, to plant addiction, to organic recovery. The lessons I've learned along the way and why cherishing each and every plant could be the greatest gift for your garden this Christmas.
Sustainability
Taking the Divisive Out of Diversity
Have you ever stopped to think of all the different labels there are to describe our world? And can adding a prefix or changing a few letters to a word really take us forward or flinch when it comes to saving nature?
Sustainability
Barbarazweig and Moon Pruning: Secrets of Winter's Garden
The solar, lunar and human calendars all combine to create the perfect pause for winter pruning this month, but can you embrace the lull? Join me for the latest in my lunar gardening series.
Sustainability
My Family and Other Critics: When Gardening Gets Messy
Gardens are battlegrounds of tradition and change, where regenerative principles challenge the tidy ideals of the past. This is a story of messy beauty, quiet rebellions, and finding the courage to embrace untamed wonder - even under a critical gaze
Sustainability
The De-Stripeing of the Lawn
The discovery of a dusty box containing a 1960s toy garden kit sends me off on a journey through 20th century garden history.
Sustainability
Beyond Sustainable Gardening
Do we really understand what sustainable gardening is? Has it lost its meaning through ubiquity or has it become over-simplified, lacking nuance and restricting our ability to be creative and trust ourselves in our gardens?
Garden design
All Change? Maybe, But That's Fine....
I wonder if in fact, we are entering a golden age of garden craft
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