“Go West young man, go West. There is health in the country, and room away from our crowds of idlers and imbeciles.” – Josiah Bushell Grimmell After being enthralled and inspired reading about 22 very different gardens in 4 counties, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, it really is a case of “Go East”, a part … Read more

It has been a few years since I have been asked to do a book review, so I was more than happy to say “Yes” when Pen and Sword approached me. They have a published a series of Gardening titles and I was given a choice of five books from which I selected two to … Read more

I regularly follow Parham Gardens and head gardener Tom Brown @HeadGardenerTom on Twitter, so when not visiting the garden I manage to keep abreast of what they are doing. Each year Parham runs plant trials, and they are well worth a visit as it is a great way of making a note of ideas for … Read more

On the way home from the garden holiday in the Peak District, we passed The National Memorial Arboretum near Lichfield, Staffordshire and called in for a quick visit. What an inspiring and emotive place! We only had just over an hour and it really is more than a quick visit, a full day would have … Read more

Yeah! This week for In a Vase on Monday I am displaying flowers, not bought from a shop, or cut from the garden flower patch, but a little posy chosen from pots on my patio. Whilst I was deadheading and I thought to myself there was no reason why I couldn’t arrangement a few in … Read more

I always like to ponder a while, without looking at the other contributors, before deciding exactly what I am going to do for the Weekly Photo Challenge. This week it is Changing Seasons. Now we are in December, at the end of the year, I thought it an ideal time to look back on the … Read more