The warm winter’s underwhelming crop
The marvellous front gardens near Kew leave me in awe of those who managed to grow tulips this spring.
ByThe marvellous front gardens near Kew leave me in awe of those who managed to grow tulips this spring.
ByThe city’s attitude to urban greening – with its window boxes, community gardening and allotment culture – keeps me coming…
ByThe passion for these modest winter flowers has taken off in the past 20 years. And I have become a…
ByTo garden is to live in anticipation of the seasons yet to come, to build endless versions of the first…
ByMy lack of success growing mint and thyme is embarrassing, but I take solace in the plant world’s mysteries and…
BySurrounding oneself with unfurling, growing things is a great remedy for January malaise.
ByAs the gloom and magic of autumn looms, another season of the year sneaks out the door.
ByNew gardeners should first ask themselves how they want their space to feel, before seeking advice on what to grow.
BySarah Price’s planting, inspired by the artist Cedric Morris, is for both dreaming and living in.
ByIn my decades-old hobby, I cut the head off an iris, spin the wingnuts on my press, and put the…
By15 November 1913: Edith Nesbit looks out her window at late flowers in autumn.
ByFerns spill over my bathroom counter; ivies and pothos trail from windowsills – it seems I have become a plant…
ByI would have preferred the poppies to have returned rather than the tree spinach, but the pink hollyhocks are a…
ByMaintaining a few scruffy flower beds banishes the need for shop-bought bouquets.
ByChelsea was always ecologically problematic, but it feels impossible now to view it simply as a pretty flower show.
ByInspired and energised, I’ve decided to give our neglected yard the love it deserves.
By26 May 1923: With what relish Shakespeare recites his catalogue of flowers!
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