Spring is springing
It has been a winter so mild that daffodils were appearing before New Year. The snowdrops and other delights at Avon Bulbs are so early, that the owners are heartily glad they are not exhibiting at Chelsea Flower Show this year
Chelsea Gold Medal 2013 | BBC Gardener of the Decade 2008 | BBC Gardener of the Year 1999
My Top 10 Evergreen Shrubs
The holly and the ivy, when they are both full grown…etc etc….my, how we enjoyed singing the Christmas carols only a couple of weeks ago. The anticipation of Christmas gets earlier every year,
My top 10 perennials
At the time of writing this the rain is battering the borders flat and I have no desire to nip out and see how the garden is doing – whatever it is, it can do it on its own.
Guest Post by Tim Rogers
Nest Boxes in Your Garden: How to Use Them
If you want to attract birds into your garden then providing nest boxes where they can shelter and hide from the weather in the winter months and nurture and protect their young in the spring and summer month is the perfect choice.
My top 10 trees
Of all the months of the gardening year, November ranks as one of my least favourite.
Phew it was hot…
Last September I wrote about how we don’t really need fancy arbours and pergolas in our gardens
‘Beast’ and drought proof plants
Just as we thought we would be dodging tumbleweed rolling down the streets, along came an inch or two of rain on Sunday 29th July, enough to postpone our worst fears of our gardens transforming into deserts.
It’s not all grim Oop North
We are in the grip of a June heatwave and if it continues as forecast, The Summer of Twenty Eighteen will be recalled with the same awe as The Summer of Seventy Six.
It’s garden show time!
What better way to spend a summer day than to visit a garden or agricultural show?