The gardener is the only person to whom time gives more than it takes away.Beverley Nichols ( Read more... )

Yesterday evening I watched the first episode of Sarah Raven’s new series Bees, Butterflies and Blooms. I was expecting a programme about wildflowers and what I got was a green lecture. Heaven help us, the lovely châtelaine of Sissinghurst and entrepreneur (euse?) of Perch Hill was ‘on a mission’. I was disgusted to see what amounted to a free ( Read more... )

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