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than can be said for the NEC. 30 minutes from Kingston Station.5. There are gardens inspired by six poets.6. In a large blacked-out tent is the first night garden showing how to use lights in the garden. It is quite hot in there.7. Next weekend

the crowds arrive and the following are my highlights:The winner of a gold medal and best Small Garden in Show is  a designer called Paul Titcomb (who lives near me in Northamptonshire). Paul's garden is a neatly designed Urban Retreat that he has largely

at Christmas when relatives out-stay their welcome. But as a gardener my shed is entirely functional... no stove, no bookshelf, no biscuits, just the tools of the trade.One of the previous owners of my house was an Italian family, and Gino, the father

Last weekend my partner and I attended one of the special snowdrop days at Chelsea Physic Garden. Saturday was a beautiful, clear sunny day and it was great being outside among catkins, unfurling leaf buds, early bees and, of course, snowdrops

readers of this blog would be inclined to completely pave over their gardens as most, if not all, will be gardeners. But gardeners aren't exempt from the need to park. If we have to pave over large areas, there are many things we can do to lessen

it is not too heavy). Often much better than a wheelbarrow (especially if your garden has any steps). In the same parcel I would accept some large plastic buckets for collecting weeds and other, non-compostable, stuff.Almost anything from the catalogue of Crug

. After two or more extremely dry years, many areas had drought orders imposed on them last April, with hosepipe bans for millions of gardeners. Then the heavens opened and it’s been deluge after deluge ever since.I woke on Sunday morning to find a large

in tweed plus fours and I remember once putting up a fence wearing a kilt but that was a short affectation - the wind and splinters got into uncomfortable places. I long ago discovered the advantages of a large hat when gardening; it shelters me from

is provided in a bird bath and large terracotta saucers on the patio, and I don't use any pesticides around my garden at all.But to be organic you do still need to control pests to prevent damage to both edible crops and ornamental plants. So when, in the last

Living on a hillside, I’m fortunately not in danger of being flooded, but it doesn’t mean I’m not feeling the effects of the recent heavy rains. It’s difficult to walk around my sloping garden without slipping over, and the grassed areas have turned