This Poster for British Railways beautifully captures my beloved Kent. This is ‘The Garden of England’ by Frank Sherwin, from 1955. So perfectly depicting a Kent village at this time of year with trees in blossom and exactly how I think of the area…

It looks like another beautiful day here again…my early morning garden wander is my ‘thinking time’ for the week ahead and the return to lectures.. and I have noticed a surge of red in my garden..

The new eyesight is accentuating details…I am loving the spring growth in my garden so much more than ever before…just look at this Carex ´Bowles Golden´…I need to add more grasses..all suggestions appreciated 👌🙌🙏

“It is now May, and the sweetness of the air refresheth every spirit: the sunny beams give forth fair blossoms [...] It is the month wherein Nature hath her fill of mirth, and the senses are filled with delights" - Nicholas Breton

Wonderful orange colour of the tulips , especially against the green backdrop

Twenty years ago five gardens that were the ‘it’gardens featuring in every magazine and newspaper!Never mentioned today..this is the sublime ‘Riddler’s Garden’behind a small terraced house in Swansea!Tony became a great friend and we chat regularly..I still feel his inspiration

I am thrilled to announce that my book ‘Englands Gardens. A Modern History’ is now stocked at Sherlock & Pages bookshop on Catherine Hill, in glorious Frome…one of the finest horticultural and garden shops in oh so trendy Somerset. It can also be bought via their website..

What a fantastic episode of Gardeners World..I know Malverleys well having been seven times over the years..never this early in the year..but very clever to use a single garden as a backdrop…and venture off to viewers gardens…and the urban Mayfield Park..more of this please 🙏

This morning’s early garden wander was more fragrant than usual…I inherited this lilac and no idea of its name but it’s very old..a beautiful gnarled trunk ! It has never looked so beautiful…and alive with bees.. the fragrance is garden filling 👌🙌🙏

Thrilled to be available from Sherlock & Pages …check it out as it’s an amazing book shop 👌🙌👏

I am thrilled with this combination of Persicaria microcephala'Red Dragon' and Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’ …I will be repeating this in a few more places around my garden…

First Car Boot of the Year done and dusted…just got back and having a pot of fresh coffee in my garden..with the incredible fragrance from this standard Lilac wafting everywhere…just glorious..

I need guidance!! I have just been given this poor neglected Tree Fern…I have cut away the mass of dead and this is what I have…I will try and rescue something from this..yes it has been soaked…help 👌🙌🙏

When I had my driveway installed I ensured that there was equal planting..my aim has been to keep it green and hopefully flowering most of the year..not doing too bad..in early May.. Camassia..Aquilegia and Erysimum doing their finest..