The Garden Museum
The Swedish garden designer Ulf Nordfjell gave a talk at the Garden Museum last week. The audience was different to usual: taller, better looking and better dressed. In other words, … Read more
Month: May 2013
The Midnight Apothecary
‘Gardening and drinking go really well together,’ says Lottie Muir, aka the Cocktail Gardener. And she should know – by day she’s a volunteer gardener at the Brunel Museum and by … Read more
Take-home ideas from Chelsea
What I like doing best at Chelsea is looking for ideas that I could replicate in my own garden one day. And as I may finally have one (fingers crossed … Read more
The Chelsea Flower Show 2013
Every show garden at Chelsea tells a story – usually one that’s dictated by the sponsor. Often it reflects a landscape, an environmental issue, or a charitable cause. There’s rarely … Read more
Messing about on boats
I always thought I might like to live on a houseboat until I went on one. The boat was rocking very slightly, and I felt instantly nauseous. Back on … Read more
Tulips in Regents Park
I came across this raised bed a while ago when I was lost in Regents Park. It was summer then, and it was stuffed with marigolds, heleniums and fennel. I … Read more
Four seasons in one windowbox
A lot of plants are stuffed into this window box – two ivies, four skimmias, three standard olives, several violas and about 10 tulips. It’s more than most people would … Read more