My Garden

One week to go before we start at Hampton Court. My shoulder is slowly improving but a long way from its usual efficient self. The last few days have been good for resting without being bored. Several meetings and a visit to Future Gardens, which was interesting and a subject I may well return to at... Read more..

Ever since starting this blog I have been aware that some people feel I am not taking it very seriously. Well I suppose I haven’t. I have treated it as a bit of light relief…but no more. I have resolved to mend my ways and produce a down to earth blob full of interesting and useful horticultural enlightenment... Read more..

The last two and a half weeks at Hampton Court have been spent erecting green oak structures and planting thousands of oak seedlings, as well as over a thousand purple heather plants. All of this and more in order to create the second Quilted Velvet garden of the summer. This garden is much easier to... Read more..