Chelsea Gold Medal 2013 | BBC Gardener of the Decade 2008 | BBC Gardener of the Year 1999
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The guide to essential herbs
When I look into the food bank donation bin at the supermarket, I mostly see bags of rice and pasta and the odd tin of tuna. Read more
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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. Read more
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Bare naked trees
As I have said many times before, my desire to garden is at the lowest ebb just before Christmas, Read more