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Chelsea Flower Show marks a seminal point in my year. It comes at the end of the spring rush to get gardens tidied up and marks the end of my academic year.  Its one long exhalation of relief on all counts. This year though the only thing I could say about Chelsea was weeds.  I was really disappoint

We decided to take a break from out slightly frantic spring rush this evening to see Dan Pearson as part of the Charleston Festival.  If I am completely honest Dan is a gardener that I didn’t fully engage with up until recently.  I think Dan has a very special, mature and modest approach to ga

As the light fades on 2010 I finally have time to reflect, and what a year it’s been.  The snow at the end of November meant we were working right up to Christmas.  So Christmas has been a lovely time for rest and reflection after completing work and university deadlines. In a year in which we

I am in my second year of my BA Hons in Garden Design and we are currently studying hard and soft landscaping.  We were given an article for further research which I thought was so fascinating that I had to post and share it. Trees in the Urban Heat Island Urban Heat Islands were discovered as early