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By Michael

Mar 2, 2021

Christopher Lloyd would have been 100 today. He was, without doubt, the single biggest ‘input’ into my gardening experience. I will never forget that moment when I casuall

Five Seasons Thrice

By Michael

Jun 19, 2018

One way or another, I’ve managed to see ‘Five Seasons’ three times. Once as an online ‘review’ copy, and twice at the cinema. Firstly, I’ve just got to say how amazin

Oudolf as himself

By Michael

May 10, 2018

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 gardener

Five Seasons Thrice

By Michael

Jun 19, 2018

One way or another, I’ve managed to see ‘Five Seasons’ three times. Once as an online ‘review’ copy, and twice at the cinema. Firstly, I’ve just got to say how amazing it is to live in a ...

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

By Michael

May 22, 2015

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

By Michael

Aug 18, 2014

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 ...