Once the initial wonder of the show gardens has subsided at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, I like to home in on the smaller details and ideas to take home to my own plot, which I write about every month in Modern Gardens magazine. I recorded my first impressions of this year’s show on my blog… Read More »
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RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023
It was a b-i-g day in the horticultural calendar yesterday. The start of RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Monday is the Press and VIP day, when film crews and photographers are swarming everywhere, the finishing touches are being added to the displays, celebrities are out in force, and if the Royal Family do make a visit,… Read More »
Garden Updates
When the tulips finally popped, it turned out to be a very good year for them. I planted plenty of tubs and containers back in November, and I put some into the little cutting patch that I have been cultivating at my parents’ cottage. The result has been a riot of colour, admittedly not always… Read More »
All change in the garden
Well, it has taken a while, but we are finally making progress in our garden. Regular readers of my blog will know that we had a kitchen extension last year, and our tiny garden became a temporary builders’ yard. After the chaos of the build subsided, we were left with something that looked like this….… Read More »
Spring is springing
A visit to Kew Gardens last week was full of the earliest signs of spring. Birds carrying scraps of nesting material in their beaks, a carpet of Crocus tommasinianus in the grass, swelling buds on the magnolias, and the camellia walk in full colour gave me a tiny glimpse of what is to come. I… Read More »
Goodbye January
I had a trip to London last week. I was attending a work event at the Linnean Society next door to the Royal Academy. It is the world’s oldest active biological society, and somewhere I’d love to return to with an appointment to browse in the intriguing library. After my press launch had finished, I… Read More »