The plant of the week this week is a oddity, a beauty but still rather unusual. Fascicularia bicolor is one of the only few members of the bromeliad family that, grown correctly, is almost Hardy here in the uk. It has survived winters down to -15c in some parts of the country. It is indeed…

Well I must admit I had a little break last week, semi enforced due to work sadly getting in the way both on Friday and on Saturday. Had a little bit more time this week so I am hoping the quality of the plants this week, will allow you to forgive me. It’s been a…

I went to the maintenance matters discussion panel, set by Nicola Gammon of Shoot and hosted by college, the panel included Helen Elks-Smith (garden designer, MSGD,MBALI), Gary Edwards (The Gardeners Guild)’ Gareth Manning (vice president of The Chartered institute Of Horticulture) Sophie Guinness ( Capel Manor College) and Caroline Tatham (The Cotswold Gardening School) The…

Summer really turned up in the being of the month didn’t, temperatures just kept going, leaving our once green grass a brown like colour, still growing around the edges but almost dead in the middle, making us think it’s more like August instead. The poor shallow rooted silver birches started to droop their leaves in…

Well to be honest, it is one of the best jobs in the world, working outside in all weathers, seem the natural world in all its best and worse moments, seeing big trees admired for 100’s of years, reduced to a pile of splinters in seconds, the plant you have grown from a cutting, nursed…

And there she is, fully opened and smelling better than any perfume!!!!! Hope you enjoyed my little rose watch in the mean time, would love you to update me with yours #rosewatch2017