“Now I’ve seen your flowers, I forgive you for the bits I have to clean up from the floor after your workshops” were the words, that greeted me (but said with a smile!) when I arrived at St Nicolas Place
Love the tulip
Tulips: Twisty, unruly and generally misbehaved when you put them in a vase. Turn away from them for a minute and they start doing a good impression of a croquet hoop and impose their own deliberate take on any arrangement into which
Glancing back at 2015
As a gardener, I’m always looking forwards and anticipating the flowers, the jobs and the bunches which are yet to come. Ordering next season’s dahlia tubers is already top of my to do list, and my fridge is full of
Wild style wedding flowers
One of my summer couples has kindly shared a few snaps of their big day with me - so I’d like to thank Torey and James for letting me share these photos with you in turn. When Torey came to see
Short and sweet: the life of annuals
The Tuckshop Garden is waiting for the tide of summer to turn and for the ever bushier perennials to launch into September’s firework display of shocking pink asters, bright yellow rudbeckias and the sunbursts of burnt orange chrysanthemums. This week