AS AUTUMN TAKES its first gentle steps, I find myself looking back over the past few months in the garden and making plans for next year. It’s a good time to make changes, and moving treasured specimens to make better use of shade is on my mind.
GOLDEN SLICES OF autumn sunlight filter through arching trees in a small orchard, rich with seasonal colour. Jane Steward pushes a wheelbarrow along a grassy path, accompanied by her exuberant brown-and-white collie, Meg. Apart from the...
CURLS OF WOOD smoke and steam rise from the red sandstone building Graeme Rudd built in his youth as he learned to make wooden rakes from his father. A few yards along the cobbled path stands another, much older, 17th century workshop, where a fire...
AS GOLD AND copper leaves flutter from trees, and vibrant summer flowers are replaced by berries and seedheads, Michaelmas daisies undergo a magical transformation. Dense clumps of fine-leaved foliage, which have been resolutely green for...
