This last week has been so hot here in Brighton, that I’ve barely been out in the garden during the day. It’s South facing so everything gets scorched...

22 July, 2014 /

I needed to revamp the ikebana today, but I have so much orange in the garden at the moment I just wanted to use some subtler colours...

18 July, 2014 /

I planted this cactus dahlia tuber last year and for the first time ever I managed to produce a flower. All other attempts have been continually sabotaged by snails...

16 July, 2014 /

My first thought when I saw all the hollyhock blooms scattering the garden path was disappointment to be honest, as basically I always want them to go on for much longer...

15 July, 2014 /

A complete madness of nasturtiums this morning! It’s so true that the more you pick the more they flower...

11 July, 2014 /

With the shasta daisies just starting to come out this week it’s been way too tempting not to start picking them...

10 July, 2014 /

The shasta daisies have finally opened as has the montbretia ( or Crocosmia )! The daisies are pretty hardy and will hopefully now flower throughout the summer; I have to pull up a lot of them as they spread like mad, but I am really happy...

08 July, 2014 /