Rosemary Verey’s potager
When I did a garden design course years ago, we all had to do a project on a designer/plantsperson of our choice. For some reason I chose Rosemary Verey, who … Read more
When I did a garden design course years ago, we all had to do a project on a designer/plantsperson of our choice. For some reason I chose Rosemary Verey, who … Read more
I’ve just got back from a very foggy and wet week in Cornwall. It was disappointing because a) Cornwall looks stunning when it’s sunny b) We couldn’t see anything because … Read more
Olive Mason, of Dial Park garden, was beginning to think she had too many box balls in her garden. So inspired by some bolted leeks on her veg patch, she … Read more
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
I suffered rather an ordeal the other night. In other words, I had my photo taken. My friend Naomi at Out of My Shed is writing a book, and she … Read more
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
To be honest, I’ve never really got exhibition veg. Why would you go to extreme measures to grow an onion the size of a football or a parsnip that’s a … Read more
I’ve always thought Marylyn Abbott had one of the ultimate gardening gigs – a garden in Hampshire that she tended for six months of the year, and another one in … Read more