I love having home-grown vegetables, but with a garden that’s mostly surrounded by trees and not much spare space, my options were limited, an allotment was the perfect solution. Fancy a little tour? The front of the plot has a hawthorn hedge screening the busy road, a small stream marks the boundary at the other end. A tranquil […]
The Cloudy Bay Discovery garden at the Chelsea Flower Show 2013 – week 1
Over the past 9 weeks I’ve been lucky enough to observe the progress of the plans for Andrew Wilson and Gavin McWilliams’ show garden for this years Chelsea Flower Show. It was a hive of activity to day when I went along to see how it was all going with just 4 days to go before it’s revealed […]
10 good reasons to plant a tree
It’s the perfect time of year to plant a tree, the soil is still warm and welcoming. The cool months of autumn and winter will give it time to develop it’s root system and settle in, before the more testing times of spring and summer when rain-fall is erratic. The choice of tree emphasizes the […]