I cannot even remember where I pinched the original plant material from, but I am so glad to have a few small grafts of this wonderful little conifer, a form of Mexican Cypress. Cupressus lusitanica 'Brice's Weeping' is one of my... [more]

There can be few finer cottage garden flowers than the garden pink. Todays image is of a species pink, as opposed to one of the relatively modern hybrids, but it is still a pink, beautifully clove scented, and of course... [more]

There is nothing quite like the summer garden, todays image is part of my home garden last summer, it a comfort in the middle of winter to look back, most gardeners are generally optimistic folk but even optimists can get... [more]

Not constructed from offcuts, this is my new "modular double railed benching system" an idea I had for moveable benching. Plants look so much more appealing raised up of the ground. I can dismantle and reassemble a bench in about... [more]

All painted (on the outside) in a shade from the "Woodland Trust" range. Can't remember what it was called...Holly maybe. I am contemplating a series of posts on typical cottage garden plants. It is a question I am always being... [more]