The Nomadic Patio Pot display on the “upper terrace” is probably the most intensive and time-consuming part of the garden. It is an ever shifting, fluidic display of annuals, perennials, bulbs, tubers …

Continuing the theme of random garden pictures for the purposes of assembling a blog post, here are the next set of headline horticultural items. The Zantedeschia have over-wintered fine. They …

After a very wet but mild winter, we’re now in March and the weather should be warming up. I’m not alone in thinking this as the Camellias and Magnolias will …

Over the last few weeks there’s been a whirlwind of activity and some of it has been about the garden. On the first sinful trip to the garden centre a few weeks …

This post is not about my posterior. Instead, it is about one my favourite things: terracotta pots. I love pots in general, I love having them on the patio. I …

It was only during a few days of particularly cold weather that the garden revealed a significant difference in seasonal micro-climates created by the low winter sun and the thick …

Goodness what a long time it’s been since the last post! I must admit to having become very lazy when it came to writing on the blog for the last …

In the previous garden one of my proudest achievements was to have something in flower all year round and in such a small space that’s not easy. There are times …