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The Very Best of 2015 – A Year in Pictures
The moment I sit down to write my review of the year my mind goes completely blank. How do I sum up the year that was 2015? What happened of any note? Nothing there. A gardener’s optimistic outlook...
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The Atolls of Acton
As well as the lovely parts of London, I get to frequent some pretty grotty ones too. The area around North Acton station is what one might call post-industrial, a soulless collection of cheaply...
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Daily Flower Candy: Iris histrioides ‘George’ AGM
I don’t know about you, but my green fingers fail me when it comes to keeping early spring irises flowering from one season to the next. The tiny bulbs, mainly cultivars and hybrids of Iris reticulata...
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Back on the Bridge
This week a landmark project that I have been following for over two years came one step closer to becoming reality. So close in fact that work on The Garden Bridge over the London’s River Thames could...
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Getting to Grips – Part 1
For the last couple of days I have been getting to grips with our two gardens. Like time and tide, nature waits for no man when spring arrives. We’ve not experienced a frost yet in either London or...
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Daily Flower Candy: Caltha palustris ssp. polypetala
Caltha palustris ssp. polypetala: giant marsh marigold, kingcup Forsythia, crocus, narcissus, mahonia, acacia, kerria: have you ever pondered why so many early flowering plants have predominantly...
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Daily Flower Candy: Acacia longifolia
Acacia longifolia: long-leaved wattle, acacia trinervis, aroma doble, golden wattle, coast wattle, sallow wattle, Sydney golden wattle Winter has returned for its last hurrah this week, bestowing...
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Chelsea Flower Show 2016-2017: The Morgan Stanley Gardens
Given the paucity of show gardens at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, I regret not having written more about last year’s crop, which had a different pedigree altogether. I hope to correct one such...
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Ten Top Tips for Small, Shady Urban Gardens
Do you live in a town or city centre? Is your garden small, overlooked or in shadow for part of the day? Is digging your soil like cutting bricks or carrying out an archaeological dig? If the answer to...
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Hello from The Beau
Dan, in a moment of madness, has decided that he would like me to contribute now and again to his Frustrated Gardener blog. As I am also a keen gardener, I decided to accept his kind offer, and so...
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Finding Serenity in Stoke Newington
For as long as I can recall my uncle has lived in Stoke Newington. Known affectionately as ‘Stokey’ by locals, this appealing enclave in north London began its existence as a small country village in...
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Chelsea Flower Show 2022 Preview – A Garden Sanctuary
Show garden designed by Tony Woods | Sponsored by Hamptons & Koto Built by Garden Club London | Plants by Kelways Unwittingly, my last post has provided the perfect segue into the next – a preview...
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