Nature Hates Bare Soil

Self-seeded Wild Flowers

I don’t know if you’ve really stopped and thought about this, but nature hates bare soil, which means you can carpet your nature garden with masses of flowers, practically for free.

My native plant woodland garden was planted nine years ago. I’ve spent very little on plants for it over the years, yet [...]

Garden Therapy

my neighbor's tree is shading my garden

If you’ve ever read The Secret Garden I’m pretty sure there will be no doubt in your mind that gardening can be therapeutic. But did you know there is actually such a thing as garden therapy? How does that sound for a career choice?

I happened to meet a [...]