This wonderful mosaic tiled floor at the entrance to the Lindley Library A visit to a library is always a good thing.  When that librar...

... or, how I managed to grow an avocado , kill it, and then restore it back to health - all with advice gleaned from RHS Urban Garden shows...

Settle in for a long post, folks - I spent Monday at the third of the four main RHS summer flower shows, held in the best of locations at th...

~ The Wisley Winter Walk garden at the show ~ While icy winds and snowfalls have taken the UK back to winter over the past few days, I...

At the onset of spring, we gardeners navigate towards colour like a thirsty man towards an oasis. We can spot an emerging snowdrop or pr...

~ Wisley borders, Valentine's Day - Hellebore atrorubens aka the Lenten Rose  ~ It's rare that I can look back on a week so p...

Hoping that the weather forecast was accurate for the weekend, on my agenda for a very wet Saturday was the new Urban Garden show from RH...

I have a thing for automata and this one was on show at the RHS halls in February While I often hanker for the country life, living in ...

Hoverfly on Linaria leaf While I'm on the subject of bees (last post), I've picked up lots of tweeting in the past few da...

As Chief (some might say 'only') Grower in the food garden here, I enjoy an opportunity to see what other people are up to, so...

Rhododendron, Hellebore, Magnolia stellata, Primula 'Iris Mainwaring', Skimmia, bee on comfrey. Last weekend I had to retu...