Tom Stuart Smith’s garden
There’s a new entry to my notional and ever-changing list of Top Ten Gardens That I’ve Ever Visited: Tom Stuart Smith’s garden in Hertfordshire. It was open for the Yellow … Read more
Month: June 2013
Brixton Nights
Here’s one of the best gardens I’ve seen in a long time. It belongs to Deborah Nagan and Michael Johnson, and it was open during the Chelsea Fringe. Deborah and … Read more
The Inner Temple Dog Show
Last Sunday was the inaugural Inner Temple Garden Dog Show, part of the Chelsea Fringe. I’m not really a dog person – in a previous life I worked on the … Read more
Regents Park
This isn’t the first time that I’ve featured this little area behind my office. The silver birches are underplanted with hellebores, which flowered for months this year, and alliums. Last … Read more
Guns and roses
I had a few minutes to kill before I went for dinner the other night and went for a wander around Connaught Square. One of the houses had a policeman … Read more
Ambler Road
If I could live anywhere in London, it would be Ambler Road. Who wouldn’t want to live on a street that is home to its very own topiary elephants (and … Read more
How to judge a tree pit
As part of Out of my Shed‘s street party for the Chelsea Fringe, I was asked to judge eight tree pits that had been planted up in the local area. … Read more
Chelsea comes to Finsbury Park
Naomi from Out of my Shed hosted her second Chelsea Fringe street party this weekend. The sun was shining and there was a great turnout (and supply of cake) from … Read more