Kathy Brown's Garden

A bench or table smothered in white snow is transforming. Lines may be accentuated as in the table and chairs scene; creating a surrea...

What a contrast from winter to summer; the seasons certainly bring about change here in England. This view of the formal garden at The...

The little play house was built over 20 years ago for our daughter Suzie. Now it has had a Winnie the Pooh makeover so that children who vis...

Cold frosty nights are perfect for frost fair picnics; when lily pods and chinese lanterns become candlebras for all the little creatures to...

One of my favourite shopping expeditions is to visit nearby Olney Market on a Thursday early afternoon, browse the plant stall and visit one...

I was so lucky to join a coach party of the Garden Media Guild last week who were invited to tour inside the Olm...

Box blight ravaged the formal lines of box which meant the old box parterres disappeared in the spring along with the hornbeam towers. Now l...

I love this moment when the roses are in bloom with the late flowering clematis. It normally happens here at Stevington in early July but in...

I am so pleased that my very special rose petal cake fine bone china mugs arrived yesterday, made by a Staffordshire firm with a lovely imag...

We have waited for three seasons and now we have our first crop of asparagus. I am surprised how early it has grown after such a horrid wint...

All change! Our French garden which was planted 17 years ago was once a joy but box blight has ravaged the central parterres. So at dawn on ...

I can't quite believe that our white stemmed Birches Betula untilis var. jacquemontii 'Grayswood Ghost' were purchased as sapp...

Using cut foliage and stems to insert into winter contianers is an old idea which I read about in a Victorian container gardening book. It w...

February 8th has been a lovely warm day, frosty at first but then filled with sunshine; a welcome change from the endless grey days of late ...