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Garden Media Guild Awards) but above all he is an enthusiast.He follows in the footsteps of not only recent figures (the late Geoff Hamilton springs to mind) but of many of the great plant hunters. Have you ever grown Viburnum farreri? You should

shafted spade that I've had for many years and a very heavy metal spike that are perfect for digging up large plants or making holes in the rockier parts of the garden.3. My trowels - partly because they were all given to me by people, so have good

made gardens at all three major shows last year) and Paul Hervey-Brookes (for Bradstone). Paul won last year's Chris Beardshaw Scholarship at the Malvern Spring Show.I am judging small gardens on Monday and will be trundling across your television

My, we gardeners have been busy over the past few weeks. First the delightful Malvern Spring Show, then the pomp and circumstance that is the Chelsea Flower Show. Last week was the bustle of Gardeners World Live and before we know it we

soil as possible and store the energy-packed tubers in a dry, frost-free place until spring. I have decided to try a bit of an experiment this year and am going to leave some of my dahlia tubers in the ground. Instead of digging them up, I will cover

somewhere in their garden.There is something very satisfying about a sturdy, well-built fence. Many years ago, when I was a contractor in London, we put up a lot of fences and it was a process that I very much enjoyed (except when it was raining

I realise that this subject may ring very few bells among the habitués of gardenersworld.com, but you find me trying to get my head around gardening in Russia. Sometimes it is interesting to think about how other gardeners in different parts