Surprise, surprise, it’s raining again so what better time than to stay warm indoors and reflect on this year’s incredible NGS season. We thought we did really well last year, …

It’s no secret that a large part of the whole NGS experience is having cake. I’ve yet to find an NGS garden where home-made teas aren’t served. It’s part-and-parcel of …

It’s 8:30am and I’m already on the Sauternes (a sweet dessert wine). It’s grey outside and it rained almost 2cm yesterday. At least I had the good fortune to get …

It’s been a few weeks and the persistent rain has quietened down to the occasional shower but it still isn’t really that warm. If it was mid-May then it would …

Well, it’s been… a while. We last left off at the end of our first and busiest ever NGS season. Ten events – five public – five by arrangement – …

It’s technically October but botanically September. With recent temperatures approaching 25°C and wall-to-wall sunshine, we’re kind-of having the summer we should have had, it’s just several months late. The garden …

It’s been a while since the last post and that’s mainly because the second half of the season had several NGS Open Days and private group visits packed in. In …

We’re well into summer now and I’m sat here wearing sweatpants, long sleeves and a dressing gown, trying to keep warm. It’s no secret that summer in the UK this …