Tom Stuart Smith’s garden
There’s a new entry to my notional and ever-changing list of Top Ten Gardens That I’ve Ever Visited: Tom Stuart Smith’s garden in Hertfordshire. It was open for the Yellow … Read more
Chelsea Flower Show
How to judge a tree pit
As part of Out of my Shed‘s street party for the Chelsea Fringe, I was asked to judge eight tree pits that had been planted up in the local area. … Read more
Hampton Court Flower Show 2012
The RHS Hampton Court Flower Show is very different to its older, cooler, classier sister, the Chelsea Flower Show. Personally, I prefer Chelsea for its sheer unattainable perfection, but Hampton … Read more
The Idler Academy
There isn’t a plant, let alone a garden, in this pic, but rest assured that come 21st May, the Idler Academy will have a generous coating of chlorophyll. It’s going … 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
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