The Japanese Cherry in full bloom can’t be beaten. Here is a picture of the , upright ‘Amanogawa’ in my front garden… only tiny at the moment but it’s only 2 years old. Will no doubt start to make a real splash soon. Ths variety is ideal for a...
The inner and the outer
I’m a fan of tending the soil. both the soil in the garden and our own ‘inner’ soil in our guts. So, I am both a gardener and a healer. It’s an interesting combination but listening to the microbiome summit I am drawn to realise that there is so...
Great gardens are art
Seems to me that Garden Design has got a bit overinflated. Chelsea, the annual jamboree, used to be the pinnacle of the year. Now it’s an excuse to show how much money you can throw at something. In that scramble for bigger better we seem to have lost some...
A short history of a lifelong gardener
I always loved gardens, from the time I was quite little, helping my Dad in the garden (always preferable to helping do housework!). My first introduction was growing pansies in my little garden (an area specially laid out for me). I graduated to helping with the weeding and lawn...