Winter, particularly January, can be a difficult time for a gardener. It’s a month where you can’t really start sowing anything unless you have heated propagators, and still I have learned that sowing seeds early leads to overpopulated windowsills and leggy seedlings. What is exciting, however, is that you start to see the first signs […]
Natural Christmas Wreath
I recently had the absolute pleasure of attending a wreath-making workshop run by Bicycle Blooms, a cosy little florists in Oxford. I had never made a wreath before, so I thought it would be a good way of supporting a local business, meet people and learn a new skill! Upon arrival we were welcomed with […]
An interview with a garden illustrator
The blog has had a makeover! Autumn is turning out to be a great month. I found a job, I got my blogging mojo back, I have a new logo and theme for the blog and I have been accepted as a probationary member of the Garden Media Guild. Additionally, I recently visited the Chelsea […]
7 Must-Haves in your Container Garden
I am a 30-year-old woman who cannot afford to buy her own house and is therefore likely to rent for a very, very long time. I am also a 30-year-old woman who loves gardening. Consequently, I have chosen paving slabs over lawn in every house we have lived in, reason being that you cannot alter […]
Hidden Nature – Alys Fowler
I have admired Alys Fowler ever since I first watched her BBC programme called Edible Garden. I had just got into gardening and most of my experience so far was of a garden with just plants and shrubs. Perhaps the odd herb. People who liked growing veg had an allotment. However, watching her tend her […]