Welcome to My Real Gardens, where I share 30 years of garden making know-how as a multi-award-winning garden designer. I'm here to share what honestly works in real gardens – proper advice without the jargon to help you grow.
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Shall We Have The Autumn Conversation?
Shortening days, what’s survived the brutal summer and an unstoppable mood shift (both the garden and me)
Chill aired cooled my cup of tea quickly this morning, as I wrapped my dressing gown more tightly around me doing the rounds on my mo...
Gaudí or Gaudy?
Barcelona: Four days, one teenager, and a lot of colour.
This year, I knew our summer break had to be different. If you’ve ever planned a summer holiday when your only travelling companion is your seventeen-year-old son, who’s genuinely do...
I Have Given Up on the Lawn. I Have Not Given Up on August.
I’ve been saying it all summer.
I’ve been saying it all summer. In a slightly strangled voice, mostly to myself. The grass is supposed to be this colour. It’s August grass. Brown is absolutely fine.
What I See When I Walk Into Your Garden (Sorry)
Indian sandstone. Plastic ties. The terrace that’s a fraction too big. And what to do about all of it.
This is not the start to a usual August newsletter on gardens and gardening.
Is Gardening TV Still Relevant?
A film crew (maybe), eleven of us at Latitude (nine in horticulture), and my VERY long arms
I may, or may not, have had a film crew round this week.
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30 years designing real gardens, growing one of my own. Colour obsessed. Allergic to beige. Honest about the wins AND the disasters. Author of A Year of Colour.
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