Towards the end of 2016 MrsGrow stumbled in a hole at the top of our steep hillside garden and moaned at me (because of course it…
Browsing: garden design
I love visiting world-class gardens. Garden visits offer much in the way of sense-stimulating experiences to inspire the features, plants and planting arrangements that we choose…
I was very pleased with the display of flowering bulbs in my new terraced garden beds this year; the ‘late’ tulips started ‘early’ in April and…
Wildflower meadow planting looks naturally stunning, the mixed flower displays continue for a longer period of time and they are also great for pollinators such as bees and…
I made my first trip to Sweden at the weekend with MrsGrow, we went to Stockholm to see Depeche Mode live in concert. MrsGrow is a…
The gardens of Great Dixter are without doubt my favourite. Dixter has a unique charm and character; it is alive, a continual work in progress, from the experimental planting…
A steep hillside garden is often blessed with a lovely vista and, indeed, we can see the beautiful Surrey Hills from the top of ours. However, a ‘non-terraced’…
As a young boy I would crudely draw out designs for my small vegetable plot, including a rockery and pond (which of course were far too…