With Sarah Salway
Whether they are beautiful or blooming, wonderful or warped – all seen through a literary lens.
I like to think of my visits to gardens, and garden related things, as different selection of new drawers to pull out and peer into. The Writer in the Garden cabinet is very personal, as all the best ‘wonder rooms’ were, so you can expect to find poetry, a piece of art, a book or exhibition review, a childhood memory, an extraordinary fact, a place to visit, or an object of desire. Come and be surprised!
The late great Toni Morrison famously said, “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been…
Shhh… what do you hear? A simple writing prompt for you today – just sit out in the garden (enjoying…
If last week’s prompt was all about memories, this second writing prompt is all about looking forward in time. Imagine…
I’ve been obsessed with plants that open and close recently (or more properly, nyctinasty). My new baby passion flower for…
Hello! I had such a lovely response to my recent article in the RHS Garden magazine on reading and writing…
See whatttttt I did there? We’ve just come back from the Isles of Scilly, it was the perfect holiday but…
God but flowers are amazing. How are we not worshipping them daily? All these were taken today at Great Dixter…
It was Cicero who said that if you have a garden and a library you want for nothing, and I’m…
is earthshattering, a blackbird’s made its nest in the hawthorn tree, and breaking as I write, seedlings planted a month…
We were too early to get into Chatsworth House so walked up to the Hunting Tower in Stand Wood while…
I want to share the things I love about gardens – whether it is a typical English garden, a video about a New York plant shop, or an eccentric plant collector. These posts are an insight into how I find joy, creativity and inspiration in my garden visits. I hope they will inspire you too!