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Early spring flowering plants at Stillingfleet Lodge Garden and Nursery, York | Jack Wallington

Stillingfleet Lodgeon the outskirts of York, is a garden that has been managed organically for wildlife for the best part of 50 years, recently...

Hart’s Tongue Fern: A Closer Look at Asplenium Scolopendrium

Asplenium scolopendrium is an interesting fern.  It is native to England and the US. If you are growing Hart’s tongue fern in your garden,...

How to create carpets of colour, Cluny House Gardens, Scotland | Jack Wallington

One sunny afternoon in late-April, while working on a remote landscape design in Scotland, I took the opportunity to pop into Cluny House Garden...

The Irresistible Beauty of Native Cuphea Plants

Occasionally, I will get the urge to obsess over a group of plants. I have gone mad for Magnoliasfrenetic for Fothghysterical for Hydrangeabut now...

Peat free plants at Tissington Nursery, Peak District | Jack Wallington

“People come to us specifically because we grow in peat free compost,” says Mairi Longdon, who runs Tissington Nursery in the Peak District, specialising...

11 Things at Chelsea Flower Show 2023 | Jack Wallington

It feels like the RHS Chelsea Flower Show has finally found its feet again after having the rug pulled from under it by the...

The Farm, Yorkshire | Jack Wallington

In February 2021 Chris and I found ourselves moving to Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire where Chris grew up. We’d been planning the move...

Make a Statement with Cape Fuchsia in Your Garden

It feels great to be home. For the past week and a half, I’ve been on the road between Maine and Pennsylvania, Boston and...

Magnolia ‘Ginter Spicy White’: A New Discovery from a Winter of Plant Orders

January has been cold. Bitterly cold. Since it was my first January in Maine, I wasn’t quite prepared for just how dark and frigid...

Gillenia trifoliata, Bowman’s Root – My Vote For Garden MVP

This Summer has been absolutely fantastic here in Maine. There has been plenty of sunshine and enough warmth to make everything grow and prosper....

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GPOD on the Road: Late Winter at Abkhazi Garden

Happy Friday GPODers! We are finished with Cherry Ong’s incredible late winter tour of The...

Sumptuous Season Extenders – your flower relay team – Successful Garden & Lifestyle Design

For flower lovers, especially in a small garden, it can be difficult to achieve a continual stream of them throughout...

Managing Water and Nutrients Differently

Sharing is caring! If you manage container plants the same way you manage raised beds or in-ground soil, you’ll always be fighting problems you can’t...