Fergus Garrett inspires audience
Fergus Garrett, Head Gardener at Great Dixter, kept a packed house enthralled at Benenden on Sunday 22 February as he explained how he and his staff keep the gardens looking so good throughout the year. Read more
Snowdrop & Hellebore Extravaganza - a great success!
The Snowdrop & Hellebore Extravaganza held at Goodnestone Park on Sunday 15 February 2009 was judged to be a great success.
Click on the thumbnails in the gallery below to see images taken at the event. Read more
After the snowdrops - celandines
by David Andrews
Ranunculus ficaria 'Aya'
In about a month’s time, the snowdrop season will be drawing to a close - white blobs to some, to others their subtle variations a source of endless fascination. But a new season will then begin for the connoisseurs of the lesser celandine who eagerly inspect their seedlings Read more
Winter into Spring
by Tim Ingram
Winter turning into spring is one of the most evocative and wonderful times in the garden. Some of the earliest flowers are the hellebores which begin to grow through milder spells in the height of winter, and can be had in flower from December right through to April or even May. Read more
Snowdrop mania - a very modern phenomenon
Snowdrop mania - healthy obsession or madness?
Leucoium bulbosum praecox minus - Timely flouring bulbous Violet
“The first of these bulbous Violets riseth out of the ground, with two small leaves flat and crested, of an overworne greene colour, betweene the which riseth up a small and tender stalke of two hands high; Read more
