There will be a few big smiles and happy faces from the garden designers exhibiting at Chelsea Flower Show today. The medals for 2009 were announced early this morning, Tuesday May 19th. Of the 4 designs I mentioned yesterday, all four were awarded a huge medal. Gold and “Best Show Garden” to the Daily Telegraph [...]

Today is official Royal Day at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show, with most of the British Royal family spending a few pleasant hours in the morning touring the show gardens, the floral marquees and meeting the designers and contributors who help to make this show THE best horticultural event of any in the [...]

Happy Mayday! Yes, I know I’m late with it……for those celebrating Mayday on May 4th that is. I’ve been justifiably side-tracked again this week. Originally I had planned something completely different for you but I’d had such a pleasant, restful day on Monday that I wanted to share this post with you instead, so I [...]

You’ve done some soul-searching and picked the brains of your loved ones and now you’ve got tons of scribbles and notes written down on pieces of scrap paper, unless you’re organised and written all your thoughts in a neatly bound drawing pad (highly recommended). Now you need to take stock of what you’ve already got [...]