Kitchen Garden

THE no-dig garden ON SHOW

I still can’t quite believe that in July (6-11), at Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, I will finally see the RHS No Dig Allotment Demonstration Garden I co-designed with Charles Dowding. It has been quite a journey getting there.

In late 2019, the RHS approached Charles and myself to ask whether we would design a show garden for the festival in July 2020. What an exciting opportunity! The difficulty was the timing, as we are both practical gardeners and this is a very busy time of year, especially for Charles, who has a market garden. So it was agreed that I would adapt

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