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
Veronica Peerless
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
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
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