April 2012
It’s all hands on deck for Chelsea now. I’ve been in constant contact with the sponsors at Lands’ End and the John Clare Trust, where the garden will be relocated in the autumn. Challenging creative...
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So, here we are again at Chelsea: early mornings and late nights, getting thrown off the site for outstaying my welcome during the build up period (although I wasn’t the worst offender – honest!)....
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Back from Chelsea and it’s off to Gardeners World Live with the team from Honda, who sponsored my garden dedicated to the children’s hospice charity Greenfingers. I was delighted for both the sponsor...
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You’d never believe there was ever a need for a hosepipe ban after the washout summer we’ve had. At least it’s been lifted now and it’s been a good year for the gunneras, the rodgersia and the...
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More gold medals this month, but this time it’s our fantastic Olympic athletes providing us with probably the greatest sporting spectacle I will ever see in this country. Even our wonderful press...
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September 2012
This month’s surprise development has been not one but two invites to join gardening god Alan Titchmarsh on his afternoon chat show. On the first show I was asked to give some viewers advice on...
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October 2012
I’ve just had the most wonderful break with my lot in Morrocco where we visited The Majorelle Gardens in Marrakech, originally created by Jacques Majorelle and later bought and restored by Yves Saint...
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January 2013
The One Show and RHS garden design competition I’m not sure how I ended up here but hey ho! Good fun was had by all – well, it was by me! Just to bring you up to speed – I’ve been asked to mentor the...
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February 2013
Here we go again….. Chelsea 2013 centenary As you can imagine I have been gagging to tell you about this. As they say, ‘all good things come to those who wait’. Yes, we will be back at Chelsea with...
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March 2013
France St. Paul de Vence I’m lucky enough to be working on a fantastic garden, just up in the mountains from Nice in the south of France. It’s lovely to create a real Mediterranean garden and the...
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It’s that time of year when thoughts of Chelsea start to wake you up at 4 a.m - have I got this or have forgotten that? It’s a feeling of not quite being in total control of the rudder, part worry,...
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So, where have I been? Where to start? What a mad couple of months it's been!
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