Perhaps only gardeners understand that moving house is one thing; moving garden is quite another.

So many friends and clients have asked how it feels to move garden that I’m sharing both the practicalities and the emotions of doing exactly that.

With more hosepipe bans spreading across Hampshire and beyond for yet another summer, there are steps we can all take to ensure we still have beautiful gardens and safeguard our environment.

If you want more hellebores in your garden, low maintenance, lovely perennials which gently sing from the side-lines and from dark corners during late winter and early spring offering the prettiest of flowers, read on for ideas and suggestions.

I like to think of the garden table as a stage: something to be dressed, designed and decorated, a small pleasure that’s easily achieved and easily changed with the seasons. A place for reminders of what’s coming soon, what’s flowering now, and what’s usually at our feet rather than at eye level. If your garden is getting out of hand and you can’t see the wood for the trees, your table top may be the perfect place to start.