Still Shoe-Loose and Fancy Free
From the Archive – April 2011. It’s been a while since I’ve blogged barefoot or rather blogged about being barefoot but rest assured, it’s not due to a lack of unshodden experiences, more a preference […]
Lynne Allbutt
The Sting Unmasked at RHS Show, Cardiff
From the Archive: BBC’s hit show Top Gear had The Stig, now the RHS Show Cardiff is claiming its own version with The Sting, a famous bee-friendly national celebrity whose identity will be revealed at […]
Ria Jones On Stage and On Deck(ing)!
Well known Welsh performer Ria Jones not only designed her London terrace garden but also worked alongside her Dad to build it. “One minute I’m on the Albert Hall stage, the next I’ve got my […]
Still Unshodden …
From the Archive – March 2011. I am reminded of a saying “I try to take a day at a time but sometimes I get hit by a week at once,“ – well I seem […]
Chris Beardshaw has Concrete Plans for Chelsea Flower Show
Award winning designer and TV gardener Chris Beardshaw admits to looking at his own garden a few weeks ago and thinking how awful it looked. “My lawn is totally destroyed by the snow and the […]
Talking Mind, Body and Soil with Perry Haldenby
Just a few years ago Perry Haldenby was a dedicated body builder who owned a couple of cocktail bars, enjoyed eating red meat and by his own admission, “had no real awareness of life on […]
Ex Cardiff Blues Player Rhys ‘Lightning’ Williams Goes Green
Retired WRU and Cardiff Blues player turned business consultant, Rhys ‘Lightning’ Williams admits failing to secure a business deal close to home. “Last year I offered my sister a bit of money to help me […]
Anne-Marie Powell Talks about Gardening, Mending Broken Hearts and Chelsea Flower Show
Well known garden designer, Ann Marie Powell is looking forward to a busy year ahead. She is refreshingly upbeat as she explains, “we are still really busy designing private gardens and have a couple of […]
Go Compare your Garden with Opera Singer Wynne Evans.
Opera singer Wynne Evans comes straight to the point and admits. “I love being in the garden but preferably with a large gin and tonic. I’m rubbish at gardening. My wife, Tanwen, looks after all […]
Rumble in the Jungle with Tom Hugh Jones
One of Tom Hugh Jones earliest memories is running around a Jungle, naked with his pet marmoset. The producer and director of BBC’s hit series Human Planet explains, “My Mother and Father were anthropologists and […]