A reflective exploration of African beetles, from dung beetles and desert darklings to jewel, rhinoceros and longhorn beetles adapted to heat and hard ground.
Why Do We Still Think Gardening Should Be Cheap?
Why is professional gardening still expected to be cheap? We explore the skills, knowledge, experience and responsibility behind professional garden care.
If Day of the Triffids Happened… Slowly
What if Day of the Triffids happened slowly? A thoughtful, humorous exploration of how gradually changing growing seasons could leave gardeners quietly struggling to keep pace with nature.
If Insects Became the Size of Buses
For one impossible day, Britain’s insects become enormous: football-sized aphids, bicycle-sized bees, car-sized butterflies and beetles as big as buses. Gardening carries on regardless.
Within Living Memory
Every garden is unique. A gardener reflects on observation, changing weather, microclimates and why learning to see is the most important skill in caring for the natural world.
The Gardener's Curious Journal 