I am finally graduating to the “design” phase of my gardening adventure, where I am on the hunt for curated atmosphere that pleases my eye. Here I introduce naturalistic style planting, a wide and pleasing concept of design that has a foot in ecology, site specific plants AND an appreciation of texture and form from spring to winter.

After MUCH trial and era have come to realise there is truth in the concept of “buy once, buy well” when it comes to my gardening toolkit. Click through for my recommendations on when to spend and when to save on your most useful garden equipment.

Sweet peas offer a brilliant gateway into growing flowers with their rewarding eager flowering enjoyed as much in the garden as in the vase.
Read on for my basics to get your going…including planting a crop in autumn!

For first-time gardeners, it’s easy to miss the gold to be found at this time of year when you lament that your lovely outside space isn’t actually static. This is our “lesson” time, after the glory of the blooms and a reminder that you are working within a moving medium that waits for no-one.

Read on for tips in collecting your own …

Garden centre sales offer brilliant opportunities to beef up your perennial garden. Read on for my tips on choosing and what to look out for!

Don’t dismay if you don’t have much space, much ground or much sun. Containers and pots provide a great opportunity to grow a full flower garden not matter what.

After years of experimenting, trying to bring floral joy to my partly shaded beds, I have found 4 plants that seem to agree with the position. And they are beautiful!

Ahhhh I got reflective and listed all the beginnery mistakes I made that you might just be able to avoid.

What is “deadheading” and how does this little garden job help your flowers bloom for twice as long?
A beginners guide to getting the most out of your hard earned flowering plants.

It’s nearly Christmas and you are lamenting at no flowers in your garden. Well its not too late!!!
Introducing the wonderful world of bedding plants