I Have Given Up on the Lawn. I Have Not Given Up on August.
I’ve been saying it all summer.
My Real Gardens
Welcome to My Real Gardens, where I share 30 years of garden making know-how as a multi-award-winning garden designer. I'm here to share what honestly works in real gardens – proper advice without the jargon to help you grow.
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What I See When I Walk Into Your Garden (Sorry)
Indian sandstone. Plastic ties. The terrace that’s a fraction too big. And what to do about all of it.
Is Gardening TV Still Relevant?
A film crew (maybe), eleven of us at Latitude (nine in horticulture), and my VERY long arms
My Real Heatwave Garden 💜🧡
A recording from Ann-Marie Powell's live video
Is The English Garden a Goner?
Three heatwaves, a drought, and a thought I can’t un-think.
Hurry Up, Dahlias (And Everything Else)
Heatwave (again). Rudbeckia. Patience.
I was not supposed to end up here.
Kitchen scissors, rave culture, a hillside of lupins, and thirty years I wouldn't change for anything.
My 5am heatwave rounds
Plant survivors, casualties, and what I'm changing because of it.
Knepp’s Walled Garden
Is this rewilding, renaturing, or just very brave gardening?
The Longest Day Is Almost Here (And I’m Not Ready.)
Late sowings, a Tuesday drenching, and what to plant, what to compost, and what to blame the weather for before the solstice arrives.