Chelsea Gold Medal 2013 | BBC Gardener of the Decade 2008 | BBC Gardener of the Year 1999

new fern fronds emerging in April

The SGD Awards

The SGD Awards 2016, at the Landmark Hotel, London , 27^th January 2017

a special snowdrop with scissor markings

Snowdrop season

Now it is the end of days dark at 4.30 and it is noticeably lighter at 5pm, which lightens the spirits no end.

a new curved lawn shaped from the old lawn in Somerset

Bare naked trees

As I have said many times before, my desire to garden is at the lowest ebb just before Christmas,

Behold my bountiful first peach harvest.

Behold my bountiful first peach harvest.

Pickle, passata and bottling day

Pickle, passata and bottling day

morning harvest

morning harvest

Lionesses and leonotis

Lionesses and leonotis

*David Attenborough voice*..."a glimpse of the rar

*David Attenborough voice*..."a glimpse of the rare omnivore Pulchra hortus amans 'Crouchii' in her native habitat, usually a slow and placid creature, but may snarl if provoked".
Photo shoot for Horticulture Magazine interview, copyright Charlie Bloom