I’m now firmly of the opinion that the Great Dixter Plant Fair is my favourite horticultural event...
18th October 2015 • Read More »I do love the Malvern Show, especially now that the showground has been revamped so that the Hills c...
10th May 2015 • Read More »The autumn plant fair at Dixter just gets better and better - and going there on a day of cloudless ...
7th October 2014 • Read More »While all remains frozen in time outdoors, the RHS Spring Show in London revealed many of the deligh...
28th March 2013 • Read More »Yesterday was the Garden Press Event when the horticultural trade shows us what’s new for the yea...
15th February 2013 • Read More »I’m kicking myself that I didn’t buy anything from Plant Belles, a Devon company that makes ...
21st May 2012 • Read More »A little bit of Spain was recreated in a corner of the showground and even on a wet English day it ...
20th May 2012 • Read More »This garden based on the Roald Dahl story involved the children learning traditional skills as well...
20th May 2012 • Read More »There were some wonderful school gardens at the Malvern Show with the standard getting better each ...
19th May 2012 • Read More »The cool damp weather may not have suited me, but it was perfect for the magnificent display of mec...
19th May 2012 • Read More »This wonderful display of echiums stopped me in my tracks – a bit of me longed to buy E. wildpre...
18th May 2012 • Read More »Thank goodness that the weekend weather at Malvern was glorious – which is more than can be said ...
17th May 2012 • Read More »The first RHS London Show of 2012 was a taste of things to come in the garden – (more…)...
1st March 2012 • Read More »Snowdrop Valley, near Wheddon Cross on Exmoor, is usually open to visitors from the end of Februar...
31st January 2012 • Read More »This is always my favourite of the shows at Vincent Square – it is full of late autumn colour an...
4th November 2011 • Read More »It's RHS Tatton from your Northern Correspondent, Daniel Carruthers. Capturing this garden in i...
21st July 2011 • Read More »I had 45 minutes to whiz round the RHS Flower Show at the Horticultural Halls in London last week....
8th April 2011 • Read More »The Welsh Botanic Garden often holds Craft & Food Fairs among the plants in the Great Glassho...
10th December 2010 • Read More »As Christmas approaches, the extremely stylish Petersham Nurseries in Richmond regularly holds wor...
22nd November 2010 • Read More »After reading that a rare example of the Denbigh Plum has been discovered quite far from home, gro...
22nd October 2010 • Read More »Gardens inspired by Shakespeare’s Comedies were sponsored by the RHS. The ‘As You Like It’ ga...
10th July 2010 • Read More »Chideock Manor The garden features a box and santolina parterre, crab apple and lime walks, ros...
13th June 2010 • Read More »Cottesbrooke Hall Plant Finders Fair in Northamptonshire is shaping up to be the English equival...
12th June 2010 • Read More »I followed my own advice and went to the RHS’s London Plant & Design Show on Wednesday and r...
1st March 2010 • Read More »Another RHS garden to visit in January is Rosemoor at Torrington in Devon which holds occassional ...
14th January 2010 • Read More »A trip to consider in January is to visit the RHS Garden at Wisley in Surrey to see Wisley's collec...
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