I first came across the work of Wolfgang and Heron at Westonbirt Festival of the Garden 2004. I’ll have a root through my photos because the images on their site really don’t do the beauty of the garden justice. Blocks of deschampsia and then stipa gigantea are overlaid with a grid of silver birch [...]
These string bags are the perfect alternative to a plastic shopper. Why? Because they’re environment and turtle-friendly! Made by hand in India, using natural fibers and dyes, they’re 100% ecological and won’t be mistaken for food by adventurous turtles on England’s shores.
We have chosen a beautiful natural palette reminiscent of [...]
New variety from California, Albion has excellent flavour and disease resistance. A new favourite.
Continue Reading →Tulip ‘Showtime’ features carmine red outer petals with a white edge – a really dramatic combination – and white inner petals with a few carmine streaks.
Image: ©de Jager.‘Showtime’
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When choosing eco-friendly garden furniture, is it enough for it to be FSC certified? Should we be sticking to local materials or choosing garden furniture made from salvaged or recycled materials?
Is it more sustainable to choose garden furniture made from local materials, or garden furniture made from salvaged wood?
Sustainable garden furniture choices can [...]
Continue Reading →A very glamorous-looking Alice spilled the secrets of all-weather beauty in the September issue of Tatler. Experienced gardeners know all too well the wear-and-tear caused by constant digging, pruning, bending, stooping, sun-exposure and mucking about in the soil all day. Alice has developed some trusty remedies which work wonders for tired hands, feet and complexions:
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Continue Reading →When you’ve put a lot of thought and creativity into every aspect of your garden planting, with neat little rows of flowers bobbing their heads and silvery grass waving in the wind, it seems a shame to have to plant something as practical and drab as a boot jack right there on the patio.
The [...]
Continue Reading →It’s planting season, so with all the lovely bulbs ordered I am spending lots of time on site, across the country adding bulbs to gardens we have completed.
I’m just starting work on the gardens for a Georgian estate in Northumberland where we are restoring traditional gardens and parkland with a contemporary [...]
Continue Reading →Now that the leaves are beginning to fall from the trees, it’s time to invest in some jut leaf mould bags for making lovely leaf mould compost.
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