Hello my fellow plant obsessives‘ and welcome to my first post of 2025!! I’ve got to confess, I have been a bit lax with my writing over the winter, but life just has a way of taking over doesn’t it? With winter still firmly upon us, and the garden and allotment looking pretty drab, I…
Tag: Design
Garden Inspiration : Exploring RHS Hyde Hall – A Beautiful Gem
Introduction to Gardening Gems Welcome to my first ever Gardening Gems post! I wanted to start writing reviews because whether you are a beginner gardener or a seasoned pro, we don’t all have time to do every show, garden, garden centre or event. Therefore, I wanted to give you a helping hand, by saving you…
Need An Outdoor Firepit? – How to Light Your Own Fire!
Hi everyone and welcome to my first “how to” post. This one is all about how to create an outdoor firepit! Picture summer evenings sat in the garden, surrounded by friends and family. Add a drink and a nice fire going to keep you warm when the sun goes down – Bliss! Introduction I would…
How to Make Your Small Garden Perfect
Welcome! As a previous owner of a small garden, I know how hard it is to make them beautiful. Therefore, I am going to give you everything you need to know to make your small garden perfect. So, we are going to start with my 3 design foundations – a must for any design related…
Awesome Allotment Progress – A Most Magnificent March
Welcome back allot-potters! This is the March instalment of my allotment progress! AKA allot-pot, which if you didn’t know, is the love child of the allotment and potager garden. A lot of work has been happening in the last 4 weeks, which hopefully you will be able to see. As a result, I am getting…
How to Fall in Love with Shade Loving Plants
Welcome to my guide to shade loving plants! I wish I had this post before I started gardening! Most gardens have some shade, I happen to have a lot of it, but it can be really difficult to find plants that do well in that environment. And to make things slightly more challenging, you have…
The Ultimate Guide to Planning Your Own Dream Garden
Welcome to the only post you will ever need to design your own dream garden. This guide will give you so many garden planning ideas, that creating your own garden will be easy peasy! Garden design secret🤐 – everyone can design a Garden I absolutely believe that everyone can have a garden, irrespective of size…
Awesome Allotment – Fabulous February 2024
Welcome allot-potters! This is the second instalment of my allot-pot progress. I hope you to keep you updated on a monthly basis as to the progress of my allot-pot and all the bits I have been doing to turn it into a fully functional allotment-x-potager garden! During this update, I will show you the progress…
Protecting Your Fur Babies – Plants to Love & Plants to Hate
Introduction Hi! Welcome to the first of my Botanical Tails (see what I did there?) posts, dedicated to helping all you fabulous pet parents look after your fur babies whilst also having an amazing garden. Your garden is not just a source of beauty and peace for you, but also an area of curiosity and…
Introducing The Allot-Pot – The New love of the Allotment & Potager
Welcome to my allotment! This is the first instalment of what I hope will be many years of messing about in my allotment, which will shortly become a potager garden. As that is such a mouthful, I have decided to call it the allot-pot! You heard it here first! So how did this come to…
Easy Garden Design Secrets 4️⃣It’s All About Extra Embellishment
Hello, and welcome back to my blog series on garden design secrets. This is part 4️⃣, and in this post we are all about the embellishment! My 5️⃣ part Easy Garden Design Secrets, is where I help you create your own dream garden in simple steps. I have conducted so many garden experiments in my…
It’s About the Logical Layout – Easy Garden Design Secrets 3️⃣
Hello, and welcome back to part 3️⃣ of my 5️⃣ part blog series on garden design secrets – its all about the logical layout. This is where you reap the benefits from all the mistakes I have made! In part two, ‘It’s All About Awesome Site Assessment’, we covered the importance of assessing your space so…
All About Awesome Site Assessment – Easy Garden Design Secrets 2️⃣
Welcome to part two of my easy garden design secrets series, created to give you the keys to garden design, in simple, easy to understand steps. This post is all about awesome site assessment! In the last post, ‘It’s All About You!’, we covered the 3 starting points that you need to give serious thought…
Easy Garden Design Secrets 1️⃣ – It’s All About You Darling!
Welcome to part one of my easy garden design secrets series, specifically written to help you design your own garden with ease. This post covers the first 3 foundational points, which I believe are imperative to achieving the garden of your dreams. So, read on to be inspired! Garden design secret🤐 – everyone can design…