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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

In the second week of August I noticed a change in the air which could mean only one thing.  Autumn is on its way. If like me, you are lucky enough to sleep with doors and windows wide open, it’s that moment when you wake and need to put a cardigan on.  There’s an indescribable but unmistakable chil