After the international excitement of the kids' drawings, thanks to Archie's mum,  (K- would you like  a job in PR for the blog?  ...

I have to confess that, for a few years, I ran the after school Art Club when my son was at primary school.  My background is in illustrat...

As a family, we're having a week of gardening: horticultural heaven for me (being outdoors in the Veg Patch), horticultural hell for my...

We have a gardening competition here at York Rise and, in past years, I've entered the Best Balcony category - not, I must say, because ...

"I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beaut y." - Georgia O'Keeffe I've...

Some while ago, I signed up to that "Stop sending me piles of Junk which I then have to recycle" service, which means that when my...

It seems, quite justifiably, that the garden at Prospect Cottage is a dream destination for many gardeners but likely to remain on many wis...