The Garden in December 2024- ‘Rounding off the Year’
I have to admit that the December garden with its short days and being at the mercy of the rather unpredictable winter weather is often best viewed from inside the...
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I have to admit that the December garden with its short days and being at the mercy of the rather unpredictable winter weather is often best viewed from inside the...
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Even I have to admit that November is not the most inspiring of months in the garden with its shortening days and often wet and windy weather, the trees shedding...
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In October autumn closes in on the garden and the winter beyond comes into focus as the growing season draws to a close but what a glorious closing it is!
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September, of course, sees the beginning of autumn but in many ways it is also a continuation of summer with its often warm and sunny days.
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August, the time of high summer and holidays, is also a time of transition between the ending of summer and the onset of autumn.
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Midsummer already- how on earth did we get here so quickly? July, the month of intense colours, full and exuberant beds and borders and also the delicious scents of summer.
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As June arrives and spring slips quietly away the glory of the early summer garden gathers pace. This is a month of roses and exuberant Clematis and beds and borders spilling over...
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May has to be one of the loveliest of months with the magic of the late spring flowers, the unstoppable growth of perennials and an air of plenty and fullness throughout...
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By April we are well and truly into spring and as such it is surely one of the most exciting months of the year. Helped by longer days and higher...
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At last magical March has arrived and my ‘new’ book informs me that ‘as the weather improves and the soil warms, nature herself is stirred into action’.
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I’m certain that you will all be pleased to read that over the Christmas period I came across another book about gardening through the year and I am sure it...
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Firstly, may I wish you all the very best for 2024 not just in your gardens but for all that you are involved in. As I look forward to the...
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I love the optimism of my RHS ‘Gardening Through the Year’ book in which it says that December can be a wonderful month in the garden. Also that although the...
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