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We had a good time, but in the same breath I have to say it's great being back - Matt Biggs and I have just returned from hosting the Gardeners' World magazine Gardening Cruise with 128 fellow gardeners. These trips are always packed full of great

I've been here for a few hours at the NEC, Birmingham at Gardeners' World Live, and the excitement is brewing. I'm having a great time because, unlike so many of the London and home counties-orientated shows, we're in the middle of the country

[brightcove exp=1463233149&vref=1601200825]I hope I'll get a chance to go off and have a long hard look in the plant marquee and really enjoy some of the gorgeous plants. I'll probably end up with a bootfull or two, just to add to my own garden when

I've had a great few years growing an extraordinary range of vegetable crops for my series 'Veg With Pippa' in Gardeners' World Magazine. The results of my vegetable trials have often been fascinating, and on more than one occasion I've been

Well, here I sit in the backstage area of the main theatre at BBC Gardeners' World Live, taking a tiny break between shows. There's a real buzz in the air. Earlier we recorded the first of several mini Gardeners' Question Time programmes. It

'm growing for the Gardeners' World Magazine series) seemed to be as happy as Larry.That will teach me to be big headed, last night I found it - evil blackish brown blotches just starting up on the leaves. Luckily it has finally stopped raining so the spores

Like Adam Pasco, I’ve just returned from the Gardeners’ World Magazine 20th Anniversary cruise. Adam wrote about the gardens we visited in his blog, earlier this week, including Mount user, Bodnant, The Castle of Mey and The Beth Chatto Gardens

that managed to escape the dreaded potato blight were enthusiastically hoovered up by the family months ago ("they're so much nicer than the shop-bought potatoes").But this year, having sown surplus seed from a Gardeners' World growing trial, I'm enjoying

Next week, from 29 March to 4 April 2010, is the inaugural Gardeners' World 'Grow Your Own' Week'. Gardeners across the land will be encouraged to teach others to start growing their own fruit and vegetables. I've taught my children to grow

What's the difference between wildflowers and weeds? They're at opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to acceptability in the garden, but are they really so different? A weed is a essentially just a plant growing in the wrong place. But what