Editors Notes | The Garden Editor.

Editor's Notes.

I'm privileged to be able to write articles for a variety of publications, as well as for myself. Have an idle browse through the notes below.

Do contact me if you'd like me to write for you.

Elevate the everyday: get the "wow" response to your garden

One of the design tricks which is very effective and easy to use is to make small changes to take the look of your plants from the...

clairethegardenedi

Jul 22, 20241 min read

Embracing Yellow: Adding a Touch of Sunshine to your Garden

Are you a yellow hater? You are not alone! A lot of people dislike the idea of yellow in the garden but yellow comes in all sorts of...

clairethegardenedi

Jul 22, 20241 min read

Emerging from a wet winter

The winter of 2024 felt like it was an unrelenting slug through mud. The rare days were there wasn’t rain were marked by grey days. Even...

clairethegardenedi

May 3, 20244 min read

Winter work in the Garden

I was delighted to be asked by Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants to contribute an article on winter work in the garden. Granted, it's not the...

clairethegardenedi

Feb 7, 20241 min read

Plants, people and progress: my study tour at Oudolf Garden Detroit

I was exceptionally fortunate to receive an RHS bursary to study the naturalistic perennial planting at Oudolf Garden Detroit in the...

clairethegardenedi

Dec 22, 20231 min read

Sustainable Border Design – a study course at Beth Chatto Gardens

This is based on an article I wrote for the Hardy Plant Society Journal in Autumn 2023, Vol. 44 No.2, reproduced with kind permission. I...

clairethegardenedi

Oct 31, 20237 min read

What is a climate resilient plant?

This is based on an article I wrote for Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants Newsletter, reproduced with kind permission. A lot of the work I do...

clairethegardenedi

Aug 16, 20234 min read

Sustainable, affordable ideas to try with children this summer holiday

The summer holidays are here in the UK. While the weather might not be dry and sunny at present, the days are long and budgets are tight....

clairethegardenedi

Jul 31, 20234 min read

Gardening when it's hot and dry

I don't know about where you live, but here May and June have been very dry and increasingly warm in Hampshire. We don't have a hosepipe...

clairethegardenedi

Jun 15, 20233 min read

Of winter losses, and spring hopes

A key theme I've picked up from clients and chatting to customers at Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants is of loss over the winter - scores of...

clairethegardenedi

Jun 4, 20232 min read

Low cost, sustainable gardening

With a cost-of-living crisis and a climate emergency it can feel like gardening is just an expensive hobby that has to be parked. You...

clairethegardenedi

Jan 8, 20233 min read

It’s time to tidy up – but not too much

We’ve experienced an incredibly mild first half of November 2022, with high temperatures abounding. This mild winter isn’t directly...

clairethegardenedi

Dec 1, 20223 min read

An introduction to colour all year round

“I want a low maintenance, all year round colourful garden” is the cry I often hear. The question I have is – how low maintenance do you...

clairethegardenedi

Nov 25, 20222 min read

COP27 - our role as gardeners in combatting climate change

I had the privilege and pleasure of working at Hardys Cottage Garden Plants over the summer, which sparked lots of conversations about...

clairethegardenedi

Nov 21, 20223 min read

Crab apples - year round interest and food for all

We’re now into November and it’s getting to tree planting season. In my view, trees are some of the most splendid living things on our...

clairethegardenedi

Nov 6, 20223 min read

Free low-mess low-faff compost

Create a leaf library I don’t know if I am just paying more attention this year, but the autumn leaf colours seem particularly vivid....

clairethegardenedi

Oct 18, 20223 min read

Dancing into autumn with dahlias

Autumn can feel like the beginning of the end of the gardening year. But there’s still lots to enjoy in the soft autumn light that can...

clairethegardenedi

Oct 13, 20223 min read

Moving plants around

Getting more for nothing You may have heard of “fast fashion” - buying cheap clothes on a whim which look good for a moment or two and...

clairethegardenedi

Sep 25, 20224 min read

Small effort, disproportionate feeling of pleasure - spring bulbs

One of the joys of gardening is discovering elements which look really impressive and give great pleasure, for very little effort. I can...

clairethegardenedi

Sep 15, 20223 min read

Show your lavender some love - and get free Christmas gifts

Lavender - has any plant flourished more this summer? I’ve loved seeing the bees and other pollinators scurry around in a frenzy of...

clairethegardenedi

Sep 1, 20222 min read

Editor's Notes: Blog2