Garden Antiques
During the summer we visited Garden Art Plus located in Hungerford. A company that specialises in globally sourcing and supplying garden antiques ranging from contemporary garden furniture to antique sundials. As a…
Rudolf the Wooden Reindeer
What do you think of this little fella? Isn't he gorgeous? 'Rudolph was made by a year 10 student from Stony Dean School in Amersham. Christmas is a time of…
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…
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…
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,…
Garden Salvage Chic
We have become very accustomed these days to throwing away old stuff to build sparkling new things. And it’s the same when it comes to garden design. It breaks my…
Fashion, sustainability and why I buy second hand
I am going to talk about something other than gardening today - my love of clothes. But did you know the fashion industry is the second most polluting industry in…