Veronica Peerless
Lounging, Turkish style
‘Why stand up when you can sit down and why sit down when you can lie down?’ is one of my dad’s favourite sayings – not that I’ve ever seen … Read more
Wake up and smell the roses
When I walked along a street with Steven, Tracy and Linda the other night, I was impressed that they all stopped to smell the roses. Tracy said that the best-smelling … Read more
From little acorns…
A couple of months ago our upstairs neighbour knocked on our door, visibly shaken. Some baby oak trees that he’d been nurturing on his balcony had been dug up by … Read more
French fancy
I nearly took a pic of the first sweet pea of the year today (a lone flower in a pot on Harley St) but then I stumbled across this huge … Read more
Vine for attention
I’m drawn to green like a moth to a flame, and I could see the Virgina Creeper on this house long before I got to it. They must have to … Read more
Gwyneth Paltrow
My mum always used to say that if the Queen went past the bottom of our road, she wouldn’t wouldn’t so much as leave the house to give her a … Read more
Chelsea – the verdict
What to say about the ‘greatest flower show on earth’ (as Alan Titchmarsh says year after year)? For what it’s worth, I liked Cleve West’s garden best (and not just … Read more
Press day at Chelsea
Take one freezing, scantily clad model… Alan Titchmarsh looking dapper… Rachel de Thame looking fetching… Some judges looking serious… A scary lady in a high-vis jacket keeping everyone away from … Read more
Plant sale
Church plant sales aren’t uncommon but I’ve never seen one in London before, especially in a location as grand as the St Pancras Parish Church. There were all kinds of … Read more