Roses

Roses

After spending a day at David Austin Roses soaking in all the colours and inhaling the amazing scents how could anyone failed to be impressed and not want at least one in your own garden. Choosing a repeat flowering variety with scent means that there will be colour...
The Alhambra

The Alhambra

Having researched the gardens of the Alhambra while studying Garden Design, at 10am on a warm (27 °C) and sunny June morning I finally found myself standing at the entrance to the Alhambra in anticipation of what lay beyond. Walking down the hill, through the Alhambra...
Trends at Chelsea

Trends at Chelsea

I really enjoyed seeing such a wide range of planting palettes at the Chelsea Flower Show this year, there wasn’t really one key theme, the predominantly green with splashes of white or blue and purples themes that have been seen in previous years. The key plant that...
Tulips

Tulips

What’s not to love about a plant that comes in just about any colour you could want and provides a real zing of colour to any garden. Having walked through parks and gardens with amazing displays of tulips recently they truly signal spring has arrived and summer isn’t...
Spring Flowers

Spring Flowers

I love this time of year as everything starts re-emerging from its winter hibernation, going for a walk in the countryside and spotting the violas, anemones and primroses as they emerge in the woodlands. The bright white dots of Anemone nemorosa carpeting the woodland...