Weekend inspiration: hostas, foxgloves and aquilegia
Here’s a lovely combo for a shady spot: hosta, foxglove and Aquilegia chrysantha ‘Lemon Queen’. More inspiration planting from the Inner Temple Garden.
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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
Tulips in Regents Park
I came across this raised bed a while ago when I was lost in Regents Park. It was summer then, and it was stuffed with marigolds, heleniums and fennel. I … Read more
Four seasons in one windowbox
A lot of plants are stuffed into this window box – two ivies, four skimmias, three standard olives, several violas and about 10 tulips. It’s more than most people would … Read more
The best window box in London
This 10m long window box outside Locanda Locatelli bowled me over when I first saw it last July – it looked like a summer meadow, transported to a London street. … Read more
Succulents
The posh clothes shop, Toast, used to have a battered old (sorry, vintage) bench outside it, painted a lovely canal-boat green. The shop has now had a refit (although it … Read more
A Buddhist garden
I walk past this garden every day, and it gives me an inordinate amount of pleasure. Unlike pretty much every other garden in St John’s Wood, it is entirely unreconstructed. … Read more
Regents Park
The lighter evenings mean that I can walk home from work through Regents Park and don’t have to get the Tube – hooray. Every spring, this bank next to the … Read more