IndyBlogs (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
By Emma Townshend It's not often that someone else's Powerpoint Presentation leaves me feeling rather misty-eyed. But when Cleve West came up and said "that got me almost sort of choked up," I had to agree with him, because I...
IndyBlogs (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
By Emma Townshend Pretty appropriately for two of the rainiest weeks I can remember (in a fairly rainy year), tickets for next year's RHS Flower shows just went on sale. Chelsea was actually pretty good weather-wise this year, but in...
IndyBlogs (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
By Emma Townshend I am currently making my first asparagus beds; maybe that's what everybody does when they start pushing forty. However in my case it is considerably less elegant Monty Don and quite a lot more Tom and Barbara...
IndyBlogs (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
By Emma Townshend Visitors to the Palm House at Kew often stop to marvel at the seed of a Coco de Mer. The so-called "Seychelles Nut" has the doublefold honour firstly of producing the biggest seeds in the world, weighing...
IndyBlogs (Free subscription) | 25/10/2008
By Emma Townshend Now that autumn is officially here I think it might be time to resurrect "Plant of the Week". Over the summer months there's so much in bloom to choose from that you don't really need a Plant...
IndyBlogs (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
By Emma Townshend Whilst other bloggers seem to have been having wonderful mycological adventures, I am stuck with rubbish news. I showed this phone picture of my front garden's latest arrivals to British fungi expert Patrick Harding at the weekend...
