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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Where have all the wildflowers gone? ..... (apart from the ones on the way to the airport).

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We had a few days recently in Austria. One of the things I  had been looking forward to was seeing hay meadows. A long time ago (an e...
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Saturday, June 15, 2013

Funky art-plant-human hybrids in Vienna make us look again at plant breeding

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I was in Vienna last week to do a lecture as part of an exhibition on plant breeding as an art form. One of those events which displays the...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Why I'm not going to Chelsea.

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I usually go to the show every three or four years. Like a lot of people. Once you have seen two Chelseas you realise that o...
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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Making the most of native flora

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              Cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) and other wildflowers in light shade in a garden in Suffolk. Paths mown ...
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Sunday, May 5, 2013

Why does Robin Lane Fox have to drag his sexual fantasies into a review of a garden book?

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Let's face it. If I had had a good review from Robin Lane Fox I would have been worried – a sign that I (and by ex...
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Friday, May 3, 2013

Why do we believe it? Gardeners - fact, myth and downright *******.

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Gardening discourse is full of information which is actually wrong. Far more than in many other areas of life - medicine maybe an exception,...
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

The joys of spring

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There are surprisingly few good spring gardens around. So often, a 'spring garden' consists of drifts of daffodils let loose ...
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