For about a week or so every October, just before the frosts, wind and rain, my Virginia Creeper literally makes my garden glow, and the late flowering nasturtiums are such a welcome compliment of colour...

I’ve been desperate for September to arrive so that I can talk about Autumn and the wonderful sense of change it brings: it’s smells, it’s colours, it’s light, it’s sounds, without feeling like I’m betraying Summer (...

It’s been so wet and rainy recently that even though the temperature has dropped massively this week, the fact that the sun has appeared makes cycling into the countryside as well as venturing into the garden a real possibility! Today I decided to pot up loads...

My garden is probably at its most colourful at the moment, so here are a few pics to show you some of the flowers that made it to the table today...