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.
Chelsea Gold Medal 2013 | BBC Gardener of the Decade 2008 | BBC Gardener of the Year 1999
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?
Too late to split up?
May has to be my favourite time of year in the garden. The Beast from the East and Beast 2 were only 6 and 8 weeks ago,
Say no to blobby pruning
As I drive around Somerset in winter, I notice well pruned shrubs, and more commonly, badly pruned shrubs. Pruning is done for our convenience more than for the sake of the shrubs, preventing them taking over the garden or blocking out the light.