Interesting Encounters

Last June I went over to Great Dixter to catch up with my friend Fergus. We have both spent many years experimenting with our wild

People have asked me if our native wild flowers can also be found growing abroad and the answer is yes, very few are restricted to

With this cold spring most seed germination is slow and delayed and established wild plants are flowering later than normal but nevertheless there is plenty to see in

Today I have been cleaning and checking my Fragrant Orchid seed which I gathered from the Sussex Downs (with the landowners permission). I have always

I had my stand at the ‘Sissinghurst Smallholding Fair’ at Sissinghurst Castle, last weekend. There was an interesting mix of exhibitors present from vintage rural

This is the time of year when I check on the growth of my Twayblade and Bird’s-nest Orchids and Violet Helleborines. They co-exist within the

When checking some plants beside the greenhouse today I received a sting on the cheek, not from an insect but from something minute that had