New British Landscapes

06/02/2020

I am so exited to be leading this diverse and wide-ranging Japanese garden tour in September 2020. In association with British publication Gardens Illustrated. There are many highlights and a few exceptional workshops and demonstrations with Japanese experts . We will start in the North with a visit to the contemporary forest garden at Tokachi Millennium Forest where Dan Pearson has been creating magic for well over a decade. Check out the February issue of the magazine or distant horizons.co.uk for full details ..

05/01/2020

The latest article for my The Outsider column for - the wonderful Julian Alps in Slovenia . Out now .

29/01/2019

please have a read of this Japanese Garden Tour I am leading in the autumn and spread the word....

24/01/2019

So much inspiration from visiting the incredible Vorres Museum in Peania near Athens.

24/01/2019

My January ‘The Outsider’ column in Gardens Illustrated discovers the magical flora and starry sky of Tiede volcano on Tenerife . Wonderfully illustrated by Alice Pattullo.

06/12/2018

North Cyprus -read about wild donkeys, black tulips and a wonderfully remote herbarium in this month’s Gardens Illustrated plantspecial - my Outsider column and all the other glorious features are out now.

14/08/2018

a summer break in the Bernese Alps , getting stories for my The Outsider column and having a wonderful time botanising and hiking with the young one.

04/07/2018

My Hampton Court show garden The Anton Chekhov Harden ‘ for the Anton Chekhov Foundation . In collaboration with Anna Benn. We are there 2-8th July.

24/06/2018

My latest The Outsider column for Gardens Illustrated Is also out now . Let me take you to The Kackar in NE Turkey 🇹🇷 . Gorgeous illustrations by Alice Pattullo.

24/06/2018

The Anton Chekhov Garden I am designing with Anna Benn for RHS Hampton Court Flower Show is coming on , although nylon hi vis in this heat ! Come and see us ... south of the water near the country living tent . July 3- 8 th

21/05/2018

Project ‘hayrick’ is well and truly underway for the Hampton Court ‘Chekhov garden - designed by myself and Anna Benn , but this beauty is being created by my artisan colleague Penny.

21/05/2018

The June issue of my column The Outsider is out in Gardens Illustrated , just in time for summer trips to the coast . Read about Cornish coastal habitats and flora .

07/05/2018

In Estonia, on Saaremaa - quick refresher to get in the zone for planting the Physic Garden at Hampton Court - in association with The College of Medicine.

29/04/2018

The Outsider column in this months Gardens Illustrated magazine .This month I am writing about the glorious flora of the French Pyrenees . Illustration by the wonderful Alice Pattullo.

27/04/2018

the best of the spring bulbs this season.

29/03/2018

This months The Outsider column, my plants and travel piece in Gardens Illustrated will hopefully inspire you to botanically explore the Mani peninsula , the most incredible spiritual Greek destination. illustration by Alice Patullo.

29/03/2018

With my Head gardener hat on , delighted to be on the cover of this months Gardens Illustrated with the Bayntun Flowers garden and organic flower field in Wiltshire .

18/03/2018

Late winter British woodlands , naturalised bulbs- strength in numbers.

29/01/2018

The Outsider #2 - Scotland and snowdrops the in February edition of Gardens Illustrated

29/01/2018

Today is Anton Chekhov's birthday and we are launching our crowdfunding campaign to enable Anna and I to take this wonderful Russian style medicinal garden to Hampton Court -and onwards to its Holistic Health centre home. Please hear about the project and contribute a little if you can.

The Chekhov Physic Garden project

02/01/2018

Delighted to see the first one in print . A new botanical travel series I am writing for Gardens Illustrated. The Outsider.

29/10/2017

A snatched but inspiring research trip for an article to be published 2018. Horticulture in Dumfries and Galloway.

18/10/2017

A year on , my clients garden in Oxfordshire. kniphofia 'Limelight' glowing in the extraordinary October Red Sun .

08/10/2017

Planting research, inspiration and great catch up with everyone at the Great Dixter Autumn Plant fair. A vintage year- some highlights of the plants and the garden.

01/09/2017

Inspirational autumn trip to study the flora, lichens, mosses and seaweeds of county cork, Ireland

04/08/2017

Good initiative to check out what's near you- or where you are holidaying.

An initiative to make it easier for people to locate and access green spaces has launched with the release of a new database and interactive digital map

27/06/2017

Easy flowers for the cutting garden. Part 1 - Early summer.

27/06/2017

Revisiting clients and their established gardens in oxfordshire to keep up to date with their progress and see everything in growth.