It is such a joy to have a pair of robins nesting in our garden close to the house, we delight in watching them dart around from dawn to dusk. I get enormous satisfaction knowing that our garden is their world this spring, a world which they have identified as suitably safe to build their…
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Hot hot hot and very dry…
I am taking shelter in my cool office but I am enjoying my garden late in the evening and early morning. Watering aside, there is a surprising amount of jobs to do this time of year. Seed collectingI have been cutting my wildflower area and collecting seed from my allotment margins with a view to…
Shepton Mallet Open Gardens
As well as organizing our local Open Gardens, I also take part in the event. This year we have 18 gardens participating plus a couple of ‘pothole gardens’ and our amazing community telephone box. Shepton Mallet Open Gardens has been a great success over the past three years and it takes place again this summer,…
The Sherborne (Sherborne House)
A few weeks ago, just before the chilly snap, Sally Cannon invited me to meetup with her to walk around the garden. Sally’s email was full of joy “The garden has enhanced the House and I am so pleased that it is maturing and the plants chosen fit in so well. We never stop receiving…
The Sherborne
The Sherborne, also known as Sherborne House, a Grade 1 listed Georgian Mansion, has undergone extensive and sensitive restoration to create a landmark destination for the arts. In December last year, I was contacted to discuss the planting scheme for the garden. The brief was to create a ‘winter garden’ in the existing beds which…
Before and after – Somerset
More time and more interest
Working against a slope
steps and retaining walls
Circles – Poundbury
3 interlinking garden rooms
Tudor Square, Sheffield
Organic forms in Yorkshire and Derbyshire
A carbon zero garden
Wind in the willows