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
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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
Mum’s garden
‘The garden’s looking terrible!’ said my Mum when I went back home last weekend. This is a familiar refrain on my mum’s part but no one else can ever see … Read more
Garden Organic
I went to a conference at Garden Organic the other day, at which the topic was gardening and sustainability. Gardening is not necessarily a ‘green activity’ – dodgy wood, peat, … Read more
Abbey Road part II
I somehow managed to miss my turning on my walk home yesterday and ended up by the Beatles zebra crossing. Sometimes I quite like crossing it as it’s so iconic, … Read more
Purple haze
This is the garden of a client of my friend Naomi and I sometimes help her with it. This was the sight that greeted me when I first walked through … Read more