A towering achievement
The Chelsea Fringe has begun! Here’s one of the projects – Living Towers made by landscape architect Adam Shepherd. They’re still a work in progress in this pic, which was … Read more
Veronica Peerless
Longstock Park Water Garden
‘I don’t think there’s much to see there,’ said the taxi driver when he dropped me off at Longstock Park Water Garden. That proved to be something of an … Read more
Naomi’s garden (again)
Finsbury Park My friend Naomi is fast becoming something of a celebrity. She’s the current go-to person when any media outlet wants an interview on community gardening – not least … Read more
Regents Park
I walk through Regents Park several times a week but I never get bored of it – the planting schemes change quickly and it’s big enough for there to always … Read more
Spitalfields
On my way back from St Leonard’s Church (see below) I popped into Spitalfields, where this bench outside Verde & Company caught my eye. I like the way little tables … Read more
St Leonard’s Church
On a rare sunny day last week (since when did May become the new December?) I went to St Leonard’s Church in Shoreditch to see how the Oranges & Lemons Garden … Read more
Village people
This cottage garden isn’t the type of thing you’d necessarily expect to see in E17, but Walthamstow has it’s very own ‘Village’, don’t you know. It comes complete with some … Read more
From the archives: New York part 2
Here’s a neat idea that I really liked at the time but never got around to doing myself – dark pink tulips, ‘Absalon’, mixed with dark purple pansies and curly … Read more
From the archives: New York part 1
Almost three years ago to the day, I went to New York. Spring comes a few weeks later there – tulips and blossom were only just coming out and there … Read more