One of the small pleasures of travelling to warm countries is spotting houseplants growing in the wild. Palms, delicate succulents, coleus, ...

I first read about hugelkultur at a serendipitously good time. I had just had to prune out damaged branches from both the plum and quince tr...

Helleborus argutifolius - Corsican hellebore Hellebores are brightening up the garden right now, both in containers and under the Acer, whe...

Other people's gardens are always full of good ideas and inspiration, and few more so than Barnsdale, the garden of the late garden writ...

  A pretty challenging year all round in 2020 and also a busy one - my thanks go out to suppliers and contractors who kept going in restrict...

A hilly site brings its own challenges. This sloping front garden in Weybridge, Surrey, has three partially submerged retaining walls built ...

Giving these Pittosporum tenuifolium Golf Balls a trim this morning, I reflected that while it's a pretty unassuming plant, it's als...