If you are a frequent visitor to a National Trust property – particularly those which have a small plant centre attached to them – then you might be aware that this fine organisation only sells plants…

Whilst this fantastic summer has been brilliant for ice cream vendors in Felixstowe,Suffolk gardeners might take a different view! As I look around my own garden I can see many plants that have suffer…

Have you ever noticed how advertisers have taken to describing something as ‘the perfect gift’? This phrase, along with so much else these days tends to wind me up but of course it’s no surprise th…

Perhaps that’s a stupid question to ask of any keen gardener as the chances are that after a day’s hard graft in the garden, like me you will might be feeling a twinge in the back. But then again y…

In the late seventies I had a great time at horticultural college. Set in the Vale of Evesham, Pershore College of Horticulture was a leading institution in its day. Staffed by experienced and enthusi…