Category: Garden

  • Flowers & Hayfever

    My strategy for today’s post? Share some pretty pics from the garden so that you’ll all forgive me for then whinging that “oh noes, it’s hayfever season”. I really would love spring more if it didn’t come with sneezes.

  • Favourite Cemeteries

    Do you have a favourite cemetery? The question isn’t as bizarre as it sounds. Cemeteries can be the most fascinating place to wander. The memorialising of people’s lives lends history a reality that history books (much as I love them) can’t capture. It doesn’t hurt that old cemeteries are often sited in great inner city…

  • Edible Gardens in the City

    On Tuesday I was chatting about creating our own edible gardens in the suburbs. But in the city they’ve gone one step further and created public edible gardens — on the roof of a car park! Urban Orchard is a fantastic idea that, thanks to lots of hard work, has turned a rather drab area…