A glorious summer garden. Sitting here in the depths of winter it feels a long way off, doesn’t it? Planning for your summer garden by sowing seeds and introducing plants at this time of year may sound a little hasty, but it really isn’t too early to make a start. It’s actually very sensible to start planning your borders now, because doing so will give you plenty of time to grow a large proportion of plants yourself and save you lots of ...
Birth flowers: June – Rose & Honeysuckle
Welcome to the latest post in this series, looking at the flowers assigned to each month of the year. This time we’re looking at the birth flowers for June and their meanings. For some history on the origins of birth month flowers, take a look at my first post in the series. Rose Where to start with this one?! While roses are traditionally seen as the flower of love, there is a whole range of meanings dependent on colour, variety and ...