Noel's Garden Blog

A little while ago I had my second visit to Northwind Perennials in a year, they are just outside Lake Geneva in Wisconsin. Run by three pe...

Jim Archibald, who died last week, was one of the 'last of the great plant hunters'. This is what I wrote about him for an obitu...

All pictures are of Shoe Factory Road prairie, near Elgin, IL. A dry to mesic site. When Europeans go to the USA 99.99% of them do the s...

A visit to Waltham Place in Berkshire is a good opportunity to confront some of the dilemmas of the nature-inspired garden. Owner Strilli O...

    I haven’t been to France for 7 or 8 years (I’m rather embarrassed to admit), but am on the way back from a visit to the Chaumont garden...

Here are some pics of our wild garden, early June. Click below: photos

             This year’s Chelsea Flower Show seemed to mark a return to horticulture, rather a relief after the show becoming increasing...