GARDENS

It’s hard to believe that Geoff Hamilton died 30 years ago this month. The memory is particularly poignant, not just because he was an inspiration

After the embarrassment of getting a warning letter from the council in 2024 we’ve made more time this year to ‘knock it into shape’. Exactly

It’s our 26th season at Bushy Park Allotments and I am reminded, mostly by the stifled grunts and groans from plots 5 & 6, of

Another Chelsea Flower Show done and dusted. I hope that the contractors, who had to dismantle the show during the record May temperatures, are now

Part Three One person going vegan will not, on their own, save the world but collectively we can make a difference.  The laws of supply

Part Two Given everything covered in part one, surely it’s reasonable to ask: why is animal agriculture almost never mentioned in gardening magazines, talks or

Part One Gardening for wildlife is great, hugely rewarding and satisfying. I’m confident that most of us can agree on that.  Like many others, both

Ok, time to fess up. I wrote this article a while back but without a means of publishing it. It was too long for Instagram

“Words fail me.” That was my initial anxiety when Victoria Summerly asked me to write a weekly gardening column for The Independent magazine 23 years