winter January joy of snowdrops I don't think there is anything to quite rival the joy of seeing the first snowdrops. In the shade garden, we've had hellebores flowering all winter, but seeing the snowdrops
flowers Festive floristry for wildlife We have flowers in the house all year round but in the darker, colder months of winter and early spring they really cheer me up when it's miserable and leafless
autumn Evergreen, late season food for pollinators: clematis cirrhosa var. purpurascens 'Freckles' Fast growing and evergreen, clematis cirrhosa var. purpurascens 'Freckles' has been a beautiful addition to our garden. It's a great food source at a time of year where the daily
wildlife The importance of being ivy Every time someone tells me they spent their weekend 'dealing with' ivy, I feel like I can literally hear the silence of the missing pollinators. It is such an important
wildlife My buddy the buzzard We are fortunate enough to live on the back of the Cambridge Green Belt and watching birds of prey use the field adjacent to our garden is just one of
flowers Homegrown wedding For the first time since I moved to the UK nearly ten years ago, my brother came to stay with us for Christmas. My parents were also here and as
Gaps in summer borders If you choose a theme, or perhaps a specific plant, for your garden it is inevitable that it will result in gaps. Maybe these gaps only occur for a few
