Hannah Greenshields - my garden in spring

Hannah Greenshields - my garden in spring

I love Spring- the season of hope! We live in the North of England so we’ve had snowdrops, pulmonaria and hellebores brightening the garden and now we have the joy of the vivid yellow of daffodils starting to open, and the fragrance of the flowering currant which is full of the sound of happy bees.


Gardeners' notes - what to do in April

Plant out potatoes Whether you’ve just purchased your potato tubers or you’ve had them chitting away for several weeks, now is the time to get them outside and into the...
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Modern heroes of horticulture - Alexandra Campbell

Alexandra Campbell’s journey into horticulture began long before she ever put pen to paper.  Growing up as the daughter of a diplomat, moving home was a regular occurrence and she...
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Exceptional trees - the Wood Wide Web

In recent years the ability of trees to ‘communicate’ with each other has been well documented.  Researchers have discovered  communication systems amongst trees and far from being passive organisms, it...
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