There’s a pair of very muddy boots in my hallway, evidence of my gardening efforts over the past week. Helped by a couple of afternoons of w...

Mid-April, even in the southern counties of the UK, can be cold, wet and windy. This year though, there have been some joyously warm days wh...

Can you believe this summer weather we're having in the UK? Day after day of cloudless blue skies, hot sunshine and gentle breezes. ...

Last month I went to the fabulous GLEE exhibition in Birmingham's NEC centre and saw so many beautiful, useful and desirable products th...

There are, undeniably, moments of staggering beauty in the Autumn garden, whether in the way that plants have grown together to form a l...

More loveliness that caught my attention! Top: Thomas Broom in action; watering cans à la mode; natural brush and pan Middle: Ash wall p...

Peony 'Vision of Sugar Plums' on Evolution Plants stand Yesterday's weather was gorgeous - clear blue skies with just enoug...

~ Frosted Purple Sprouting broccoli in the Veg Patch 30th December 2014 ~ Having my face slapped about with two days of face-chilling f...

This last week I went to London Zoo in Regents Park.  Have you been to this zoo recently?  It's changed a lot (for the better) since I w...

The word 'estate' (when used for city communities) has such hostile connotations these days that I hesitate to use it when describin...

Sweet pea pods - look how they twist round on themselves once split! I'm trying to be creative about how to use the empty pods; any tho...

  Periwinkle ( aka Vinca Major); small but perfectly formed -  cheeky purple asterisks peeking through a curtain of green - and much desire...