News | The Kingsland Gardener

Happy National Pet Day!

Apr 11, 2024

Happy #nationalpetday ! To our beloved Teddy, my best friend & ‘gardening supervisor’ for nearly 14 years, treasured family member & loved by friends and clients alike…love you to the moon & back little brown bear! Wishing you all a happy day with your...

Love leaving aubretia to flow down an old stone wall

Apr 10, 2024

Love leaving aubretia to flow down an old stone wall, letting it drape across planters & self-seed onto edges of driveway…such pretty soft planting & lots of shelter for all sorts of insects & other garden inhabitants. #gardendesign #wildlifegarden

I was so pleased to see that we hadn’t missed our Exochorda × macrantha ‘The Bride’ flowering

Apr 8, 2024

After time away over the Easter school holidays, I was so pleased to see that we hadn’t missed our Exochorda × macrantha ‘The Bride’ flowering when arriving home! It always puts on such a beautiful display every spring. I keep the stem pruned clear, as it provides an...

Lifts the spirits on another rainy day!

Mar 26, 2024

Another favourite spring bed…love the various colours & shapes of green leaves, setting off the magenta heuchera & soon to open bergenia flowers (great early nectar source for bees & hoverflies)…lifts the spirits on another rainy...

Such an inspiration with your wonderful garden designs

Mar 25, 2024

Thanks so much to @jackwallingtonnature for the lovely Instagram welcome today! You’ve been such an inspiration with your wonderful garden designs, experience, passion for nature & wildlife, as well as your interesting books. Couldn’t have asked for a more...