CELEBRATION TIME
2015 is a very special year for us! This month, the Garden Centre is celebrating its 15th birthday and my book, Mediterranean Garden Plants,...
LAZY DAISY
For lazy gardeners – and who isn´t at times - there are very few plants more effective than daisies – they´re tough, easy to...
DROWN YOUR SORRELS IN THE NEW YEAR!
Mediterranean gardeners´ would agree to hate it´s the Bermuda Buttercup (though it´s not from Bermuda and nor is it a buttercup!) also known as...
NUTS FOR CHRISTMAS
As a child I always had a couple of walnuts and a tangerine tucked into the toe of my Christmas stocking. I wasn´t very...
BE COMFY WITH COMFREY
Comfrey is a magical plant! It nurtures plants, animals, insects and humans alike and is remarkably disease-free itself. It makes wonderful compost, fertiliser and...
CAMPO CUTTINGS BY LORRAINE CAVANAGH
Following on from last month´s sultry read, let´s look specifically at some 50 plants that fall into the grey, silver, blue category and that...
SUMMER READING
I´m sure you´ll all remember – and have read – that blockbuster book of a couple of summers back, 50 Shades of Grey and...
THE GREEN GREEN GRASS
Breathless, we flung us on a windy hill, laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass by Rupert Brooke Sitting quietly, doing nothing,Spring...
PLUGGING IT TO YOU
Are you a list person? Whilst not fanatical about it, I admit I am and my longest runner is a wish list of plants...
