Oudolf as himself

Piet Oudolf is a phenomenon.  Not since William Robinson has a single figure given the gardening status quo such a shake-up, and drilled their way into the imagination of gardeners, recalibrating the ...

DP Wows with Humility, Once Again

I almost missed Dan Pearson’s garden. I ran into an old buddy in the Grand Pavillion at Chelsea, and he asked me what my favourite garden was, then Ed: ‘What did you think of Dan Pearson’s garde ...

Watching the watchers

I stumbled upon a quote yesterday by a guy who had apparently never liked jazz until an occasion when he watched a jazz muso playing with his eyes closed, in visible bliss.  He concludes “Sometimes ...

What to give the great giver?

What do you take when you’re going to visit Otto Fauser – the great guru of bulbs in Australia.  This is a man in a category all of his own, of vast knowledge, and even vaster generosity. I settl ...