Chilly days and twinkly lights
The dahlias are finally finished! The recent drop in temperatures and the rain was the last straw for them, but oh boy were they ever fantastic, it is let me […]
Author: Tara
Summer Container Workshop
I’ve added an extra date for this workshop on Summer garden pots and containers, Friday 6 May 2022. We’ll be concentrating on adding aromatics and edible flowers to your traditional […]
Ready, steady, grow
April showers bring May flowers, or so the saying goes. If the past few days have been anything to go by May will be colourful. For me Easter marks the […]
Where are we now?
With each passing day the light extends, the sun rises a minute earlier and life in the garden begins again. The birds are a plenty and returning to the bird […]
November? Already?
Where has the time gone? I’ve been remiss in my postings lately and am sorry that it’s been so long since I sent signs of gardening life. Things in my […]
Tulip season
My family will be so happy to see the back of April, the coldest in 20 years. You see my window sills, dining room floor and dining table are all […]
Seed sowing workshop
There is nothing more satisfying then planting a seed, nurturing it and enjoying what it brings you. If you’d like to learn more about growing flowers from seed join me […]
Where to start?
I have finally removed the twinkly lights from the box hedge at my front gate. The homemade Christmas wreath on the front door stood up to heavy rain, gales and […]
The end and the beginning
Well what can be said that has not already been said other than to say it’s been quite the year! Lockdowns brought garden centre closures, seed and soil shortages and […]
Winter containers workshop
In collaboration with Marie Claude Holdener of Heure du Thé I will run two workshops on how to prepare beautiful outdoor pots and containers for your winter terrace. The workshop […]
Hot & dry, wet & chilly
It’s been quite the growing season, the long summer days have been hot and dry. The rain, when it arrived, fell in torrents, beating down the fragile flowers but never […]
our new normal?
The garden continues to be the constant in our lives. The beds need weeding, the lawn needs mowing, the seedlings need thinning, the climbing roses need tying in, the garden […]
and so it continues…
Glorious blue sky days, warm sunshine, birds nesting and bees buzzing – an almost perfect spring to get busy in the garden. As all is not quite perfect we are […]
Gardening in these unusual times
My most recent blog spoke of spring time openings of gardens and parks, lovely plant markets and fairs and all the jobs to get started with in the garden. Today […]