10,000 Trees Planted at The Young People’s Forest
10,000 trees planted on the site over the five hours of the event. Wow, what a headline! And this was just at the Young Peoples Forest site in Derbyshire. https://youtu.be/QviF051d62w A…
Charity Christmas
I love Christmas - it is such a magical time of year and there is nothing better than foraging for materials in the local woodlands to make decorations for the…
1000s of New Trees to Fight Climate Change
The Woodland Trust On Saturday 30th November 2019, I was privileged to join The Woodland Trust at The Big Climate Fightback event where they aimed to plant as many as…
Our Trees!
I love trees. They give us so much - shade on a hot day, shelter on a wet day, something to climb, fruit to eat, air to breath….. Beautiful all year round…
Wholesome Halloween Pumpkins at Night
Wholesome Halloween
I wanted to look at the tradition of Halloween differently this year and to have a ‘Wholesome Halloween’.
Help me support 1 million people in UK’s largest mass tree planting campaign
“The Woodland Trust are urging volunteers to grab a spade and tackle the climate crisis” (The Guardian 23 September 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/23/call-for-1m-people-join-uk-biggest-mass-tree-planting-campaign ) This necessary and worthy event is part of…
Funky Use of Colour!
In a recent blog post I talked about my love of colour in gardens and The Black Gardener paint range. Hopefully you will have seen me recently on TV where I…
How green is your Garden Centre?
What’s the greenest shop you know? I would not be surprised if lots of you said ‘garden centre’. I wonder if you think I would agree? I was recently asked…
Guerrilla Gardens – Bringing Green to the City
How do we make gardens or green spaces accessible to people who don't have them? Especially in the city. I take my hat off to all the Guerrilla Gardeners out…
Garden Salvage Chic on TV!
This is fantastic! In June I posted an idea about sustainability titled ‘Garden Salvage Chic’. In July we filmed this for ITV This Morning and turned the idea into reality. Demonstrating how simple,…