FRESH AS A DAISY
Childhood memories of daisy chains, plucking petals - he loves me, he loves me not - dreaded daisies in the lawn (bellis...
A FAR CRY FROM NORMAL
February is a great month for planting trees, and we've got some that are a far cry from the normal! I'm going...
Lantana Lanes
We're back! The garden centre is re-opening on 1st September and we're ready and raring to go! We've been lucky enough to...
Foxgloves, their Long, Tangled Past and Future
Foxgloves are things of fable, fairytales and folklore; they're also one of the plants that we get asked for a lot. Their...
LET’S BE FRIENDS!
Let me clarify, let's be friends with weeds! We all know that a weed is just a plant in the wrong place...
BIRTH BY FIRE
As I write this, 8th January, the latest figures for land burnt in Australia stand at 10.7 million hectares. That is an...
THE INTIMATE LIFE OF THE FIG
At this time of the year the trees silvered-grey bark glows in the moonlight. On misty, dripping days, its sheer bulk and...
The Christmas Rose
Of all the flowers associated with Christmas, the Christmas rose is the most delicate and beautiful, as ephemeral as the fairy on...
NEVER ENOUGH THYME
<p>There are few things more glorious than the look, scent and flavour of herbs and it is springtime when we probably appreciate them most....
