Gardening for Beginners

Planting now for late summer colour - easy tricks and tips

New planting colour combinations for the summer season. Plus: container ideas for April, primroses, and Chelsea Flower Show anxieties

Apr 12 •

Container ideas for March - easy garden colour right now

Plus: RHS Chelsea Flower Show preview, a new Zoom gathering, and a beautiful way to display spring flowers

Mar 8 •

The Solace of Gardening

How growing a plant can help us

Nov 9, 2024 •

Ask Me Anything

Join me for a live AMA on Wednesday January 17th on Substack Notes where you'll be able to Ask Me Anything about the gardening world

Jan 12, 2024 •

Jewel colours in the autumn garden, and a garden design trick

Plus: a wildlife challenge and some gardening ideas for this week

Aug 26, 2023 •

Coming soon.... A new series on how to garden

The exciting news is...

Aug 4, 2023 •

‘Free’ plants

‘Free plants’: plants can be expensive if you’re not able to propagate them (and I don’t have a greenhouse so I share your pain).

Nov 29, 2022 •

When the task ahead seems enormous, try dividing it up into manageable chunks.

Also, two excellent books.

Jul 31, 2022 •

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