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Impatiently waiting for the flowers to open: June in the garden
What's looking good at the moment I was looking back at last year’s June newsletter, to see what I wrote about. I mentioned that the peonies weren’t quite open but that the bees were impatiently banging their heads against the flower buds. After going for a wander...
Making the most of the spring sunshine: May in the garden
What's looking good at the moment May is the month for inspiration, particularly with the number of tulip displays and festivals in the UK rising every year. Increasing the chance of finding one on the doorstep, a chance to enjoy wandering around to garner a few ideas...
April in the garden: Enjoying the blossom in the UK and the Accacia in Spain
What's looking good at the moment (here in Yorkshire and on the Spanish coast) This month, I’ve been enjoying seeing spring arrive in both the UK and Spain, it has been interesting to compare the differences, both in terms of how much further advanced the flowering...
March in the garden: Enjoying the green shoots of spring
What's looking good The cheerful lemon flowers of the primroses (Primula vulgaris) and cowslips (Primula veris) are lighting up the garden at the moment, a welcome hint of sunshine, even on a grey day as I walk down to the shed. Perfectly complimented by the deep...
Winter colour, scent and wellbeing: January in the garden
What’s looking good in the garden Looking back at various social media posts, I realised that I’ve been sharing a few plants several times over recently. Partly because they add colour in winter to the garden, including my own, but mostly because I love the scent....
Tis the season of colourful stems and berries: December in the garden
What's looking good There has already been a smattering of snow in the garden and I love the way it decorates the Hydrangea heads, now that the flowers are over. In much the same way that I enjoy seeing the first frosts sprinkling seed heads and grasses with an icy...
Inspired by leaves, berries and fruit: November in the garden
What’s looking good in the garden Having had a fairly warm autumn there are still plenty of leaves on the trees, a joy to look at, from the shades of yellow and orange-brown on a woodland walk to the vibrant reds on the Acers while wandering round an arboreteum. I...
Yorkshire garden inspiration
This is one of my favourite times of year to think about changes to the garden, the leaves are falling off the trees and the perennials are dying back. I can start to see the bones of the space and think about whether it’s still working. Sometimes it is just as simple...
Sea, seating ideas and stepovers
What’s looking good I’ve been out and about enjoying the colour in borders full of late summer and early autumn colour. The lilac asters (Symphyotrichum ‘Little Carlow’ and Aster x frikartii ‘Mönch’), along with autumnal coloured rubeckias and crocosmia are blooming...
Leaning into the season and learning to slow down: September in the garden
What’s looking good in the garden? I’m enjoying picking bowlfuls of apples from the garden and scraping windfalls off the lawn to juice or turn into stewed apples. The first apples to ripen in my garden are Katy, they also happen to be closest to the house. Meaning I...
Roses, Ruins and Re-evaluating (my own garden): August tips and garden trends
What’s looking good at the moment The Knautia macedonia are still looking good, they are filling the borders and flopping onto the steps down to the lawn. Which means that every time I look out of the back door I get a glimpse of magenta amongst all the green. Since...
Keeping it sustainable in a sea of green: Garden Trends
Magenta I always like to keep up with the what the latest trends in garden design and gardens in general are. In particular t has been interesting to see the trends coming out of the Chelsea Flower Show. Magenta, also Pantone’s colour of the year was used as a...