I didn't think there would be anything more nerve-wracking than having Monty Don coming around to see our garden expecting it to look finished. But then, I hadn't reckoned on opening our garden on the National Open Garden Scheme (NGS). When the film crew were in it was all too easy to ask them to kindly| Jack Wallington | Nature & Gardens | nature, landscape and garden design in H...
There is no denying that autumn is upon us as the shorter days bring colder weather, blustery rain storms and smoke from cosy fires fills the damp leafy air. On calmer days there is much to love about this time of year, the variety of colour from plants is at its greatest as gold, bronze,| Jack Wallington | Nature & Gardens | nature, landscape and garden design in H...
Summer! Well, if the weather behaves. It often feels like summer has stop-started into action at some point in May and, come June, there is no denying its arrival. Alliums and ox-eye daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) bursting into flower and a rush of upward vertical grass growth is nature telling us the warm season is here.| Jack Wallington | Nature & Gardens | nature, landscape and garden design in H...
May is the month when all plants start growing rapidly, resulting in lush, immaculate leaves. Everything feels fresh with endless possibilities and as a gardener, there is probably no better feeling than that. Now is the time to care for your seedlings, taking them onto maturity and to get into a rhythm or repeated extra| Jack Wallington | Nature & Gardens | nature, landscape and garden design in H...
In the UK, early April is my marker in the year when I know everything needs to be ready and most seeds need to be sown. Choose any week or weekend in April for this purpose to block out a number of days to get everything set for the year ahead. This blitz of action| Jack Wallington | Nature & Gardens | nature, landscape and garden design in H...
I really love the end weeks of winter, which in the UK is February and very occasionally stretching into the first week or two of March, particularly in the northern regions, where our garden is based. It's a time before gardens really start growing but much is actually now happening and this month gives you| Jack Wallington | Nature & Gardens | nature, landscape and garden design in H...
