You may remember the display of poppies around the Moat of the Tower of London in 2014 to commemorate the beginning of the First World War.  After Remembrance Sunday of that year some poppies were sold in aid of the Royal British Legion but others were retained to be used for regional displays over the…

A garden of any size or shape can be a burden, an unmanageable wilderness or a thing of beauty, calm and nature, and giving immense pleasure.  Me?  I prefer the latter description and to find further inspiration for our own garden we have been out and about recently, visiting two contrasting gardens in Essex. The…