Tag: Gardening
Just as the garden begins to quieten, chrysanthemums come into their own. Summer’s exuberance may be fading, seed heads are beginning to replace flowers and the first leaves…
There is something slightly unpromising about a bare root plant when it first arrives. No handsome pot. No great flourish of leaves. Often, it is little more than…
There’s something rather special about a wildflower meadow. From a distance, it’s a sweep of colour; step a little closer and you’ll find bees nosing into clover, butterflies…
Gardening is a conversation between you and nature. Sometimes you listen, letting wildflowers bloom where they may. Other times, you speak, guiding a plant’s growth to reveal its…
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 particular quietness to bedrooms softened by plants. Morning light filtering gently through leaves onto crumpled linen. The faint scent of lavender drifting through an open…