A reflective essay on shared garden care, utility spaces, and rethinking responsibility when gardens outgrow the lives around them.
Author Archives: Earthly Comforts
The Small Garden
A thoughtful guide to choosing plant types that suit small gardens, focusing on good behaviour, structure, repetition, and long-term ease of maintenance in compact spaces.
Learning to Garden in a Year of Deluge
Record rainfall in Kent is reshaping professional gardening. Earthly Comforts reflects on soil resilience, adaptation, and climate-aware care.
The Native vs Non-Native Debate in Gardening
A balanced, practical exploration of the native versus non-native gardening debate, examining ecology, biodiversity, climate resilience, and how thoughtful plant choices can support both wildlife and people.
Rainfall Harvesting
A reflective, experience-led essay on rainwater harvesting, wet UK winters, and why holding rain briefly — at allotments and shared soil spaces — is becoming quietly essential.
Earthly Comforts 