Proud to be featured on Richard Jackson Garden's website and weekly gardening email discussing the therapeutic benefits of gardening -...

In 2016, 2017 and 2018 I was fortunate to visit Annecy in the Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south eastern France. This...

Summer 2019 we had a last minute trip to the Isle of Wight. I have only stepped foot on the Isle for one day when I was 15, on holiday...

As we move into December it is not all doom and gloom, you can still find many colourful surprises in the winter garden. Foliage fades,...

Received some very exciting post! I ordered a copy of ’Cuttings’ sold in aid of Gardening for Disabled Trust. I am very proud to have...

Our Belfast sink has had a replant. Out with the old, in with the new, self-seeders transplanted and time called on tiny carrot...

Absolutely delighted to share my latest two-page feature 'Wellbeing Over Winter' in the 14 November 2020 issue of Garden News magazine....

November has arrived and the mild weather has some plants confused but this is a win win for garden lovers. As the calendar month's defy...

Our ‘Indian Summer’ was exceedingly welcomed before nature flicked the switch on autumn. Warm, still evenings once more greeted us, the...

Working as a full time gardener I am exposed to the elements every day but to be able to earn a living I have to be prepared to work in...

Herbal teas are a fantastic way to enjoy home-grown herbs. I explore growing your own herbs on the Richard Jackson Garden website. Grow...

Throughout lockdown many of us found solace in our gardens and walking around local woods and countryside. We discovered we felt uplifted...

As always weather plays such an integral part in a gardener’s life and August certainly threw us all a mixed bag. From drought to gale...

Absolutely delighted to share my first three page feature in Garden News magazine 3 October 2020 edition. 'Plants for Instant Autumn...

Plants have played a vital role in our health for centuries. Cottage gardens evoke romantic thoughts of closely planted intermingling...

Delighted to share my August garden musings from Garden News magazine. It has been a month of contradictions in the garden; too much of...

The summer holidays are here but it can feel hard at times to prise teenagers off screens and engage them with the great outdoors. As a...

At the end of last year I was asked by RHS Education to write an article for BBC Countryfile magazine about my journey into horticulture,...

In the 25 July edition of Garden News magazine I share my garden at night, plant propagation, dividing herbs and our bumper strawberry...

As lockdown eases our lives are changing on a daily basis and this can feel overwhelming. Gardens and nature have helped many of us cope...