Gardens Illustrated Magazine

‘No one ever said gardening was a job option’

It is about my garden – the first I've ever owned. I moved in in early 2023, and BBC filmed it. Then BBC Books asked me if I would document the first year of how to tackle a new garden. Initially, I felt I'd have to have something concluded by the end, with a big reveal. But that's not how I'd approach a new garden. So it is really just the documentation of that first growing

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