The Urban Gardener

  'La famille de voyageurs' by Bruno Catalano How have you been doing, my garden family? It's been years and years, hasn't i...

Come October and a gardener's mind turns to things colourful and bountiful. My garden is flourishing in a giddy cocktail of orchids i...

So what's new in your garden this year? Is that a bit late in the day to ask, actually? Well, never mind. I've always gone by th...

It's a Top 10 post this time, and for some really good reasons.  First, it's a new year and that just calls out for another look...

Goodbye October, it's been lovely to have known you. Happy Diwali and a happy New Year to all those who are celebrating it now. As fo...

Growing orchids in the city? ... impossible! Or so I was told. Until, I just had to show them. Cattleyas with ruffled pouty lips in a fiv...

So did you get an eyeful of the glorious flowers that Zurich's florists dish out in my last post? I do have one more florist whose ...