Journal of the week in the gardens, studio and off site.

The great plant out and sowing seeds directly into the warm soil...just watch out for those Ice Saints.

It all starts with a packet of seeds and a long weekend.

Spring has Sprung: we’ve had a whiff of a summer’s promise with a spell of warm weather, the polytunnel is filling up with seedlings and...

Like September, March is another of my pivotal points of the year, the days lengthening, soil beginning to warm and buds swelling.

February in the garden, shoots, scented flowers and planting roses.

My top 5 resolves for success on the plots in 2022 This year I am banking on the energy of that optimism and awe, starting the year with...

It might not come as much of a surprise to those that know me, that I don’t much hang about to ‘smell the roses’. Rather I am thinking...

Happy new gardening year, disappointments, highs of mulching, gardening together and a narcissus obsession.

Mulching in the gardens and making life more beautiful in October, inspired by Kettles Yard and natural decorations.

September musings on the season in the gardens written for Cambridge Edition magazines monthly column.

Flower Club - picking your own dahlias to take home

This month, the gardens are a raft in unpredictable waters.

Midsummer’s night has always been a special magical evening but I do feel a bitter sweet arrival at peak flower.

....a change in the wind direction was palpable. We felt the warmth in the air that says ‘summer’.

..the task list is not causing palpitations. I have a new regime. Reader, let me share with you the benefit of my new found wisdom.

After 20 years of growing plants from seed, I am still really thrilled to see seeds emerge with so much potential and awe. It’s so simple an