Bill Bailey – pretty as a pitcher (plant)
I met comedian, musician and actor Bill Bailey at the Chelsea Flower Show where he was thrilled to have had a pitcher plant named after him. He explains, “Borneo Exotics, who are a highly regarded […]
Articles by Lynne Allbutt
One Man (and his Campervan) Went to Mow …
Star of BBC2’s One Man and his Campervan, Martin Dorey, fell in love with camper vans whilst he was at University and used a camper van to travel to the beach to surf. “I spent […]
Garden More – Hurt Less!
I have been trying out a new range of gardening tools this week and I’m impressed. The Radius range of tools are imported from America by Bruce Renny of Brilliant Garden Products who has bestowed […]
Michelle Childerley ‘Talks to the Paw’
Animal communicator Michelle Childerley describes her work as an intuitive language between animals and humans adding animals love to communicate with us. She explains, “More and more people are opening up to this type of […]
The Simply Brilliant, Beth Chatto OBE
Described as ‘undoubtedly the most influential British gardener of the last half-century,’ Beth Chatto OBE, together with her husband Andrew, are renowned for shaping the way we garden. It may sound obvious now but they pioneered […]
Gardening News with Andrea Benfield
Despite describing her gardening experience as ‘having only dabbled’, ITV Wales Tonight presenter, Andrea Benfield has already established a herb garden in the new house she shares with fiancé Lee Byrne. “We now have a […]
Daring to Bare with Blue Peter’s Chris Collins
TV gardener Chris Collins admits he is probably still best known as the Blue Peter gardener. He explains, “I’ve done 8 years of Blue Peter now. When I started no one really talked about gardening, […]
Hanging Gardens for Everyone
Whilst in London for my Barefoot Tree-athlon and World Record attempt last weekend, I found time to pop into the upside down Garden Party at The Old Shoreditch Station. Green-fingered design house, Boskke joined forces with […]
Unshodden Update – Race Day is Nearly Here!
From the Archive – Sep 2011. Well it’s nearly here … my Barefoot Tree-athlon, for ‘Trees for Cities’ in Battersea Park and the reason I kicked my boots off back at the beginning of the […]
"Ladies I Love – more than gardening!" says Ceri Dupree
Wales’ own female impersonator Ceri Dupree is adamant, “I have absolutely no memories of gardening as a child; we had a big garden but I never had any interest in it whatsoever. “I do like […]