A gentle look at slow worms in UK gardens, exploring their hidden lives, spring activity, and why undisturbed ground matters.
Category Archives: Earthen Passions
Peonies, and the Long View
A reflective essay exploring all types of peonies — herbaceous, tree, and hybrid — through real garden experience, patience, and long-term planting.
Bear’s Breeches
A reflective garden essay on bear’s breeches (Acanthus), exploring its bold foliage, flower spikes, temperament, and role in long-lived garden design.
Oregano
A reflective essay on oregano in the garden, exploring its growth, scent, flowering, and value beyond the kitchen through lived gardening experience.
Firethorn
An observational essay on firethorn (Pyracantha), exploring its thorns, berries, wildlife value, and place in real British gardens through experience and reflection.
