Autumn cheer Every year I have to remind myself that there really are some good things about autumn. In the garden it’s a great time to think again about what went right and wrong in the year, what existing plants should be split and moved, what can be added and what it might be time to say …
Last month, I was lucky enough to spend some time in Nicaragua and Costa Rica, having a lovely holiday and learning lots about the varied and different plant life over there. We went into the rainforest on the Caribbean coast, where indigenous Rama people have lived since pre-Columbian times and still have rights over the land …
January 19th, 2016 A few pictures of a work in progress in Withdean, Brighton. Working on a very steep slope (even by Brighton standards) with new railways sleepers we created two terraces and a large planter at the end of the garden. Here are some pictures from before: And after: The upper terrace is for …
May 23rd, 2015 Massive progress in the Magic Garden the last couple of weeks. Lots of the seedlings we brought on in the poly-tunnel are ready to plant out and with lots of manure to dig into our beds and plenty of volunteer help we’ve been getting them in the ground. Elsewhere I’ve been enjoying …
December 2014 Funding bid won for the Magic Garden! November 2014 Just submitted a bid on behalf of the Magic Garden to B&H City Council’s Mental Well-being Innovation Fund. We’re hoping to win £5000 to develop the plot, making it more accessible to the disabled children whose parents currently use the site and adding a sensory garden to benefit …
