I set off to RHS Chelsea Flower Show press day from my home in Stamford early on Monday morning. It was very chilly, under a blanket of cloud, but there was a promise of sunshine for later on. Emerging from Sloane Square underground, the sky was already looking brighter. I followed the flock of brightly… Read More »
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On the garden trail in Antwerp
In early April, I was excited to join a press trip to Antwerp. It’s a place that I’ve always wanted to visit for its museums and a long tradition of printing and design culture. Something I hadn’t fully appreciated was that Belgium’s second city has horticulture in its DNA. New discoveries are being made all… Read More »
Amsterdam Open Gardens 2024
Rather belatedly, I’m writing about my lovely trip to Amsterdam for the annual Open Garden days. I first heard about Tuinen Dagan about ten years ago, and it has been on my Wishlist ever since. But it only happens on one weekend a year, and the timing never seemed to be right. Finally, the planets… Read More »
Return to RHS Chelsea Flower Show
I always feel as if I’m stepping into another world when I cross the threshold of RHS Chelsea Flower Show, sponsored by The Newt, Somerset. The entrance to the preview day is via the Thames Gate, so I get off the tube at Sloane Square, and walk towards the river. It’s 8.15am and there are… Read More »
Plants & people: RHS Chelsea Flower Show Part II
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 »
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 »