A look into how I've helped restore balance in the garden organically using Ladybirds

A letter from April's Cut Flower Garden, a look at what's flowering, what jobs I'm doing and what I've been learning along the way.

March always feels like the garden is stretching its arms after a long winter nap — a bit sleepy at first, but suddenly bursting into life when you're not looking! This month has been a mix of a bit of tidying, getting my hands back in the soil and the kind of quiet optimism only gardeners understand.

Starting from Scratch: A Beginner's Guide to Growing Cut Flowers from Seed

Snapdragons are hands down one of my favourite cut flowers to grow. They add such great height to a bouquet and look absolutely stunning...

It’s time to talk soil blocking!!! I first found soil blocking last year when I started growing cut flowers, so this is my 2nd growing...

I can feel the excitment rising! It's getting to that time of year... I can see signs of life poking up through the ground!

Autumn Sowing - Getting a head start! My love of all things gardening started last year, but my cut flower obsession only came about...

Early this year, as I stood looking at the beautiful Daffodils and Tulips that had bloomed, I was very aware of a lack of anything else...

The Ranunculus Rollercoaster... So, from seeing lots of people’s blooms on Instagram and the likes, I quickly fell in love...

From the idea of having a cut flower patch, I realised research was required. I bought a few books which quickly became my bibles. They...