Getting Your Sweet Peas to Reflower 25 Sep 2012 | 02:30 pm

Sweet peas ( Lathyrus odoratus) are such good value for money. The soft pastel colours and the incredible fragrance of Read more

Easy and Cheap Ways to add Colour to your Garden 17 Sep 2012 | 04:55 pm

Here you see the results of five minutes work and a cost of less than £2. I originally bought a Read more

How to Get the Most from your Fragrant Shrubs? 10 Sep 2012 | 04:38 pm

How can you prune your summer-flowering shrubs in order to increase fragrant flowering? Here we see a Philadelphus ( Mock Read more

Planting an Angelica 4 Sep 2012 | 03:21 pm

Here you can see me planting one of three Angelicas. We were recently given these wonderful late-flowering beauties as a Read more

Planting Up a Planter Part 2 11 Aug 2012 | 07:51 pm

In this second part of the blog I’ve finished planting the container and top-dressed with fine gravel. As the plants Read more

Planting Up a Planter Part 1 7 Aug 2012 | 10:23 pm

In this video blog you can see me planting up a beautiful blue-glazed ceramic pot. Its shape is ideal for Read more

Planting a Prairie Garden Part 3 9 May 2012 | 02:26 am

Planting a Prairie Garden Part 2 9 May 2012 | 02:25 am

Planting a Prairie Garden Part 1 11 Apr 2012 | 07:29 pm

Planting a Prairie Garden Part 1 11 Apr 2012 | 12:29 pm

The design I’ve gone for here is influenced by the Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf. I’m using a mix of Read more