The Garden in April 2021
Amazing April at last, surely one of the most exciting months of the year. The whole garden suddenly begins to look much greener and almost every day there is something new to discover and admire.
The Garden in March 2021
At last ‘marvellous’ March is here, the first of the spring months and the true beginning of the new gardening year. The often dark, dreary and wet winter is behind us and there is much to entice us back into the garden.
The Garden in February 2021
My month by month gardening book from the RHS tells me that in February the sap is beginning to rise not only in the plants but also in gardeners too! In my case as I write this at the snowy end of a wet and cold January I am not so sure about the latter.
The Garden in January 2021
I am doing my best to find some signs that the garden is beginning to come back to life and is attempting to welcome in the new year which we have all been looking forward to!
The December Garden 2020
My books tell me that on sunny days gardening in December can be a pleasant experience which is true but as I look out today in the early afternoon all I can see is a much more gloomy prospect!
The Garden in November & Beyond 2020
I know that November is not a great month for many gardeners but there are still some attractive features to enjoy even if you have to look a little harder for them.
The Garden in October 2020
As we leave a glorious September behind, apart from the last week or so!, and enter into the main part of autumn it is the time to admire the sometimes all too brief show of wonderful colours before the leaves start to fall and flowers finally begin to fade.
Keith’s Favourite Shrubs
Shrubs can offer so much to the garden coming as they do in all shapes, habits and sizes. In the end I have reduced an enormous list down to a top 12 which I wouldn’t want to be without.
The September Garden 2020
September is certainly one of my favourite months in the garden as the heat from the summer (perhaps not this year though!) gives way to the fresher air of the early autumn.
The Garden in August 2020
Perhaps surprisingly for many gardeners August is not a favourite month. Having said all this August still has much to offer the gardener.
The Garden in July 2020
How the garden changes in just a month! The much needed rain in June has given plants a real boost of growth although the wind at times seemed to want to lay all that growth on the ground!
The Garden in June 2020
June is without doubt a wonderful month for the garden! I know that the spring flowers have finished their fantastic displays but June always promises, and then delivers, an equally good if not better spectacle.