Working in a garden in Alton (Hampshire) last week I discovered Box tree caterpillar (Cydalima perspectalis ), it was merrily spinning silk and munching on the leaves, secure in the fact that most gardeners would not notice its presence for some while yet. If it hadn’t been for two sick looking plants, it would have…
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Pruning Clematis
Pruning Clematis
Green and white
A backdrop of green
Walking in the Picos de Europa
Alpine meadows and wildflowers
Invisible intervention – making space
The task of the curator / gardener
Secret garden
A platform for a stage or a yurt
A walk in the Picos de Europa
Alpine meadows and wildflowers
5 Tips to encourage wildlife
Every little helps
Snowy tracks
The snow blankets the garden, bends snowdrop and hellebore flowers to the ground and reveals otherwise unseen tracks. I am looking forward to warmer temperatures so I can get gardening and my vegetable seeds to germinate
Working against a slope
steps and retaining walls