Category: Gardens

Thank goodness for bramble and willowherb

Posted on 2nd August 20182nd August 2018 by Sally_Empire

Its #bigbutterflycount time – walk for 15 minutes and record the species and numbers of butterflies that you see (https://www.bigbutterflycount.org). It’s something I do every year, but this time butterflies have been badly hit by the drought. In fact, insect

Why Carolina allspice loves beetles

Posted on 9th July 20189th July 2018 by Sally_Empire

Showing its socks off in a shady corner of the Grow Your Own garden at RHS Hampton Court 2018 was an attractive shrub with magenta flowers and spicy fragrance. Judging from the number of visitors asking about its identity, it

On edibles and a trolley at RHS Hampton Court

Posted on 5th July 201829th August 2019 by Sally_Empire

A visit to RHS Hampton Court Flower Show is one of my highlights of the gardening year – an idyllic location beside Hampton Court Palace and the Thames, a vast array of show gardens, stand holders with just about everything