This month I am sharing a few favourite ‘go-to-plants’, certain botanical characters which I return to time and again, either because they perform well, or simply bring joy because of their floriferous nature.

Rewilding is subjective, polemic even, but it is indisputable that for the benefit of nature we might allow a little more wilderness to ‘relax’ our landscapes.

“The garden is a place that brings us back to the basic biological rhythms of life. The pace of life is the pace of plants”

A few principles and pointers for winter fruit pruning to help demystify and simplify the process.

Creating a garden is as much about the process and the involvement of its custodians as it is about the outcome.

To bow gently like the trees to the rhythm of nature’s seasons finding myself at home within them

Seizing the last window of opportunity to take semi-ripe cuttings

More snow flurries today, not settling but gathering like sawdust at the sides of the roads, in the crevices of concrete and amongst tufts of long grass.

Of all the winter gardening jobs I think that mulching has grown to be a firm favourite.