It’s technically October but botanically September. With recent temperatures approaching 25°C and wall-to-wall sunshine, we’re kind-of having the summer we should have had, it’s just several months late. The garden …

It’s been a while since the last post and that’s mainly because the second half of the season had several NGS Open Days and private group visits packed in. In …

We’re well into summer now and I’m sat here wearing sweatpants, long sleeves and a dressing gown, trying to keep warm. It’s no secret that summer in the UK this …

We’ve just had another Public NGS Open Day and so I slept in til around 10:30am this morning. Five events down, five to go. We’re at the half-way mark and …

Walk around the garden at this time of year and you’re assailed from all sides by scented plants. Most have fragrant flowers, some have fragrant leaves that are planted to …

I’m of the impression that most people don’t just want to see gardens, they want to have great cake too. Why else would we have so many gardens with integrated …

It’s been quiet on this blog but it’s been rather frantic in the garden. After the previous aftermath from the first ever Open Garden event under the National Garden Scheme …

Well, here we are. It’s the day after the one before. Actually, it’s the day after the one before the one before because numpty-me didn’t get round to posting this …