Category: The GardenPage 10 of 11
There is something irresistible about a warm summer’s day in the garden. The borders are alive with colour, bees drift lazily between flowers, and long evenings invite us…
There is a moment in every gardener’s year when courage is required. The borders are filling out. Fresh green stems are stretching upwards. Buds are forming. Everything appears…
There is a moment each spring—often in April, sometimes stretching into May—when the garden seems to gather itself and offer something quietly remarkable. It is not the first…
There’s something rather magical about a garden in August. The borders are buzzing with bees, tomatoes are ripening on the vine, butterflies drift from flower to flower and…
There are few places left where the world asks so little of us. Most days are measured by deadlines, notifications and responsibilities. Our minds race ahead to tomorrow…
There is a quiet moment that often catches us by surprise in a beautiful garden. Perhaps it happens as morning sunlight filters through the branches of a silver…
Stand quietly in a garden on a warm summer morning and, at first glance, it can appear peaceful, even still. A blackbird turns over leaves beneath a hedge….
Few flowers are as instantly recognisable as the humble daisy. Scattered across lawns, meadows and village greens, its bright white petals surrounding a golden centre seem almost synonymous…
There is something deeply satisfying about a garden that wastes nothing. Vegetable peelings become compost. Fallen leaves enrich the soil. Prunings return nutrients to the borders they once…
There are some fragrances we never truly forget. The perfume of a rose warmed by the afternoon sun. Lavender carried on a gentle breeze. Freshly cut grass drifting…