Top Garden Trends for 2016

Fun, Chat, Eat and Relax are the key words for 2016 in the garden.   Our desire for a healthy lifestyle continues from last year and growing your own vegetables, fruit and herbs in our gardens remains popular.  From mixing it up and growing vegetables and flowers...

Festive Winter Containers

Christmas is here, and people are busy decorating their christmas trees and decking their halls, but don’t forget your garden.  A festive styled plant container in a position near a door or viewed from a window really cheers up a garden. At plant nurseries and...

Top Garden Trends for 2015

In the world of fashion for Spring 2015, navy is the ‘new black’, the pattern is gingham and the style of jacket is ‘kimono cool’. A couple of months ago I brought a kimono style jacket for a change and I am delighted to be ‘kimono...

A Plant for your garden for January…

For 8 months of the year, I would not blame you if you walked past this shrub without a second glance, it is not a showy plant, but from December to March you may well back track, as you notice a heady vanilla scent on the air.  So it is an excellent plant to consider...

Focal Points…..

I was at a talk yesterday given by the Sculptor, Ronald Rae about his work, which was both fascinating and inspiring.  If you live in Edinburgh you may remember his huge hand carved granite sculptures of animals exhibited in Holyrood Park.  His Lion sculpture is...

Jobs to do in the Garden in October….

Autumn is is finally here this week, after a last blast of summer warmth.  The clocks will go back at the end of the month which I loath – all that lost time in the garden!  So it is time to begin work on putting the garden to bed for the winter whilst the...