So that will be the back of Ringo's head and Ryan (@ryansgarden) pretending to pose The first time I ever went to Chelsea Flower Show was in 1985 when I was on some YTS scheme (don't ask) and got a job selling icecream at the show. Every morning before the grounds opened I would wander aroun...

So that will be the back of Ringo's head and Ryan (@ryansgarden) pretending to pose The first time I ever went to Chelsea Flower Show was in 1985 when I was on some YTS scheme (don't ask) and got a job selling icecream at the show. Every morning before the grounds opened I would wander aroun...

So that will be the back of Ringo's head and Ryan (@ryansgarden) pretending to pose The first time I ever went to Chelsea Flower Show was in 1985 when I was on some YTS scheme (don't ask) and got a job selling icecream at the show. Every morning before the grounds opened I would wander aroun...

So it's been a while yet again. I've been prompted to post on here as I'm writing about blogs for Thinkingardens,and I've felt bad about the amount of neglect my blog receives. News just in this week is that I have been banned from gardening for at least three months. Or lifting anything or...

I thought I would use this blogpost to confess to the world my chronic phone addiction and how this has recently lead me to some very dark places. Once upon a time, not that long ago, I managed to get through life without a smart phone, or in my case an Iphone. I had the same little mobile pho...

I thought I would use this blogpost to confess to the world my chronic phone addiction and how this has recently lead me to some very dark places. Once upon a time, not that long ago, I managed to get through life without a smart phone, or in my case an Iphone. I had the same little mobile pho...

I thought I would use this blogpost to confess to the world my chronic phone addiction and how this has recently lead me to some very dark places. Once upon a time, not that long ago, I managed to get through life without a smart phone, or in my case an Iphone. I had the same little mobile pho...

I'm going to spare everyone the usual 'gosh I havent blogged for months' as I actually have not bothered to blog for months and months, but I realised the other day that I was missing it and also had some interesting web enquiries lately from it as well as Google searches which kept showing ...

Alarmingly the end of the year is closing in and as usual I can't believe where the time has gone. But that's getting old for you. It's been an interesting and sometimes difficult year but one of the most unusual developments has been my unlikely involvement and subsequent chronic addiction...

Alarmingly the end of the year is closing in and as usual I can't believe where the time has gone. But that's getting old for you. It's been an interesting and sometimes difficult year but one of the most unusual developments has been my unlikely involvement and subsequent chronic addiction...

Alarmingly the end of the year is closing in and as usual I can't believe where the time has gone. But that's getting old for you. It's been an interesting and sometimes difficult year but one of the most unusual developments has been my unlikely involvement and subsequent chronic addiction...

Alarmingly the end of the year is closing in and as usual I can't believe where the time has gone. But that's getting old for you. It's been an interesting and sometimes difficult year but one of the most unusual developments has been my unlikely involvement and subsequent chronic addiction...

Alarmingly the end of the year is closing in and as usual I can't believe where the time has gone. But that's getting old for you. It's been an interesting and sometimes difficult year but one of the most unusual developments has been my unlikely involvement and subsequent chronic addiction...

I miss my blog, I miss the connection with other bloggers, and I miss thinking about what I'm going to write next. This last year has taken me by surprise, my life has become busier than ever, not least because my business is so full-on but also Grace is taking her GCSEs next year, and that...

I miss my blog, I miss the connection with other bloggers, and I miss thinking about what I'm going to write next. This last year has taken me by surprise, my life has become busier than ever, not least because my business is so full-on but also Grace is taking her GCSEs next year, and that...

Having returned from our long holiday in Wales it felt like some nesting at home was needed. So I decided to make these lavender biscuits with some flowers which had come on later than the rest. They were delicious, their taste being slightly floral and buttery at the same time. If you hate ...

It's all good news at the Orchard Studio this week. A couple of weeks ago we ventured to south west Wales to stay at Laugharne, the home of Dylan Thomas and his family before he died in 1953. Brown's Hotel was sadly closed but we managed to catch a glimpse of Dylan Thomas' favourite d...

Although I am trying to fully embrace the whole winter thing, particularly the pre-Christmas hysteria which descends upon Bath as reliably as the cold, I do find myself longingly looking at some of my shots from this summer. So I thought I would put together a montage of some of them to cheer ...

Continuing with my ongoing obsession with moss and moss art, I wanted to show these images from the Brooklyn based artist Edina Todoki. Her work can be seen at Mossitka and includes Banksy style graffiti crafted from living moss. I would love to see this around Bath perhaps on some of the...

Iford Manor was lived in by Harold Peto, the famous landscape gardener and architect and is laid out in an Italianate style with terraces, sculptures and artifacts, formal gardens and a wonderful loggia. Stuffed with fantastic places to wander, sit and snooze, we love coming here and do reg...

Although it is torrential weather here in Bath and feels like the monsoon season, I have been thinking about making some lavender bags. Which is strange as I cannot sew. Even if my life depended on it. These beauties are to be found on a new website run by my friend Michelle from Cowboys and...

We were lucky enough to go back to Monmouthshire this weekend and spend two days wandering around in the most stunningly beautiful countryside, awash with ancient castles and churches and endless natural beauty everywhere. These irises were spotted growing in the garden of a cottage by the...