Riverford Farm
In my job I am mostly deskbound but last week I was lucky enough to go to Devon to help out on a photoshoot at Riverford Farm near Buckfastleigh. That’s … Read more
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King Henry’s Walk Garden
I went on a foraging course lead by foraging king Miles Irving the other weekend. I was wondering what on earth there would be to forage in London but in … Read more
Up on the roof
I’d heard that there was a new roof garden on the top of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, but not having read anything about it I was expecting a few cursory … Read more
Colin’s garden
Colin is a man after my own heart – he’s greenfingered but he rents his flat, and is limited to gardening in containers. This he does very well, as the … Read more
Salady Saturday
I went for lunch at my friend Naomi’s house today. She’d made a salad entirely out of leaves from her garden, plus nasturtium and borage flowers (which taste like cucumber). … 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
Naomi’s garden
My friend Naomi is one of the keenest gardeners I know. She gardens for a living, has two allotments and has also set up a street growing scheme in her … Read more