Inspirational summer planting at Pensthorpe Park
I recently took a trip to Pensthorpe Natural Park, a place I’ve been wanting to visit for quite some time. It’s not that I’m a closet twitcher and fancied a…
Late summer colour with bold groups of grasses and Rudbeckia.
UK gardens to visit in late summer and early autumn
With the heat of summer long gone and autumn yet to start with a vengeance, you’d be forgiven for thinking there isn’t a lot of point getting out on a…
How to choose the right trees for your garden
Autumn is the best time to plant new trees. From November until March you can buy a wide variety of ‘bare-root’ and rootball trees (which are dug out of the ground…
Top plants for autumn colour
At this time of year there’s really no excuse for gardens to be boring! Surprisingly though, it seems to be a common problem when I go to visit new clients. …
Beech woodland in Hampshire
Autumn glow
I LOVE this time of year! 10 years ago, in early October, I moved to Petersfield from London. After 15 years living in the capital, I was (to put it mildly) a…