We've all done it. We will all do it again. Buy a plant and then think about where to put it in the garden. Only to find the garden is full. No more spare soil. No

I was staggered to read that the current interior trend is to stack your books with their spines to the wall.

Yep, so you can’t see the titles. A

A Scentsational Garden

Plants that pack a perfume punch and other gardening whiffs. 

Early summer is a scentsational time in the garden. My roses are out in full bloom and they are perfumed to

Parenting and gardening are similar.

Your young charges can flourish and sometimes they flop. But we care and love them the same whatever happens.  Occasionally, often out of the blue, they make you proud. Really. They

A Day Out at the Chelsea Flower Show 2017

What a privilege it is to go to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show on press day: no crowds, the chance to get up close to the gardens and plants, plus a bit of celebrity

Things sneak up on you whilst you're not looking.

I'm thinking about the inability to put your socks on without sitting down, the decline in efficiency of the car brakes, obviously greying hair and expanding waistlines. But plants do it

What's your favourite...?

I was out en famille at RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Harrogate along with some friends the other weekend. It's always a beautiful garden, was packed out with visitors and looked great in the warm spring

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TING (one hour is up)

Clocks go forward

It's that turning point of the year. The clocks spring forward and