By Emma Neville

Category Archives: Summer Articles

How to create an urban oasis – Image magazine 2012

It has been said that one of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. A sensory and sensual urban paradise with ever changing supplies of...

Midsummer & Klaus Laitenbergers latest book

Mid-summer’s day has passed and everyone is wondering whether summer will ever arrive this year. Eternal optimists, we have still managed to eat quite a few meals outside in the...

Potato Blight!

I discovered to my horror at the weekend that or entire potato crop has been affected by blight. In all the years that we have been growing spuds this has...

Summer flowers regardless of sunshine!

Regardless of the weather certain plants will perform as though the sun is always shining, they are to be valued for their hardiness as much as their prettiness. Anthemis is...

Granny’s Bonnet

Aquilegia also known as Columbine or Granny’s Bonnet are flowering here there and everywhere in my garden now. For such dainty little flowers they are very tough, prolific self-seeders and...

Lovely lavender

Well summer is here and, regardless of the rain, plants will still thrive and flower, some more than others in the wet though. One such plant that is familiar to...

Balancing colour & planting combinations

It can sometimes take years to get the right balance in a planting scheme. There are areas in my garden which I am still striving to ‘get right’ and that’s...