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Brassicas. Don't hold 'em back.
By Michael
Feb 21, 2020
It was a light-bulb moment for me when I realised that the brassicas (cabbages, broccoli, cauliflower, kohlrabi) are biennials. Now stick with me.  This is more than just a revela
Summer Bulbs
By Michael
Jan 28, 2020
I need more summer bulbs.  My steppe garden is suffering it’s mid-summer fade, as happens with natural steppe ecosystems and gardens that are inspired by them.  Most mediterran
Inspiring design for small spaces
By Michael
Nov 12, 2019
When designing a garden, the most fundamental and influential decisions you’ll make are around the shaping, the moulding, and manipulation of space.  This isn’t just designer

Summer Bulbs
By Michael
Jan 28, 2020

I need more summer bulbs.  My steppe garden is suffering it’s mid-summer fade, as happens with natural steppe ecosystems and gardens that are inspired by them.  Most mediterranean gardens suffer t ...

Inspiring design for small spaces
By Michael
Nov 12, 2019

When designing a garden, the most fundamental and influential decisions you’ll make are around the shaping, the moulding, and manipulation of space.  This isn’t just designer-speak.  Whether y ...

A huge few days
By Michael
Oct 25, 2019

It’s a huge few days for The Gardenist in the lead up to the launch of Dream Gardens Season 2, and I thought you might like to keep up with what’s going on in case you have the chance to catch any ...

Two weeks of resilience, romance and beauty
By Michael
Sep 12, 2019

WOW! It’s the only possible response to the last two weeks – our very first Travelling Masterclass, taking in and teasing apart, the best naturalistic perennial plantings in the UK, The Netherland ...

A week of indulgence and intent
By Michael
Sep 1, 2019

Talk about serious re-calibration. Through a lot of laughter. We’re one week into our first Travelling Masterclass involving the hungriest group of gardeners I’ve ever travelled with, and we’ve ...