I love all life and I’m sure if you’re reading this you don’t need any explanation…
Wildlife
On the verge of a new way of gardening: do we need to change what we grow?
I’ve always written about our gardens being seen as mini-wildlife reserves, eco systems we protect and…
Wild patch: the challenge of a wildlife friendly allotment
My allotment is not like most, I don’t have raised beds, I let weeds grow because…
Oh Beehave!
I was pottering around outside today in our little urban garden and while watering the ferns…
Pot’s growing on in January: Planning for summer, sowing sweet peas, Eucalyptus gall wasp and houseplant love
After an incredibly busy end to 2017 when all thought of our garden went up the…
An introduction to wild orchids the alien wonder beings
People tell you that magic isn’t real, that Utopia is impossible. They’re talking bollocks. I know…
Photo gallery: Malibu’s unexpectedly exquisite wild flowers
I had planned to write a more detailed article about Malibu’s national parks and wildlife. However,…
Release the stress, embrace the mess
I’ve been feeling a lot of pressure recently for our garden to look good. In photos, in…
Will Apple images save planet Earth?
Over the last year I’ve been thinking of creating an app that uses people’s smartphone geolocation…
Designing for wildlife
This video is quite long but the presentation within it is important and well worth watching…
4 Fundamentals of attracting wildlife in urban gardens
The other day I was in the garden watering our fern wall during one of those still and…
Taming the weedy wildflower
Weedy humans are weak. Weedy plants are tough as nails. Wild flowers we like. Weeds we…
Top 6 Best Bee Magnet Flowers of 2015
One of my top priorities for 2015 was to have a garden grown as a nature reserve,…
Great Dixter – a garden outside of time
Stepping onto Great Dixter soil is like stepping into a dream world of wispy, airy meadows,…
A walk on the South Downs at dusk
It started with a lama and ended with an allotment of Delphiniums, with wildflower meadows and…
Fuzzy buzz: heuchera think you are?
How cool is this little fella? Buzzin around. Couldn’t get enough of the Heucheras. Cheeky tube…
Camley Street Natural Park, King’s Cross, London
This weekend I was in central London on a trip as a treat for our work’s…