I’m on the early train to London, heading for Chelsea Flower Show. Pleased to see the forecast is much cooler than yesterday’s 30C – must have been unbearable. Still, if the Queen can take it… My expectations of Chelsea are always low, and thus always exceeded. Something catches my eye or imagination, and the simple […]

We currently have the headline photo and article on the Telegraph’s gardening page. Click on the headline and scroll down for Bluebell Cottage Gardens. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening Thanks Joanna Updated update: We’re still on the Telegraph site, but we’ve moved to here:Link to article

The garden has temporarily slipped down my attention list as the country awaits Nick Clegg’s decision. I wouldn’t be in his shoes today. He’ll be damned by most of his own party (who may not back the move anyway given their triple lock controls on policy change) if he does the arithmetically rational thing and […]

A quick update – we’ve got a nice write up in the Telegraph today, courtesy of Joanna Fortnam who dropped by on a tour of Cheshire gardens a couple of weeks ago. The ‘wierd’ refers partly to our little collection of Arisaemas which I added to at Malvern earlier this week. More to follow when […]