Category: Garden

I adore being in the garden. I love being surrounded by nature, particularly the edible kind! The more I breathe the fresh air, get my hands dirty and invest my energy into growing healthy and delicious food, the better I feel. Though, if you’ve never gardened before and don’t know where to start, please don’t be daunted!

The greatest gardeners have probably killed the most plants. The first real “house plant” I had was a cactus and I managed to kill that (somehow). But while you may lose a few things along the way, you’ll gain so much more in terms of learning and developing your gardening skills, and you will continually become more competent and confident.

Some people feel as though they can’t garden because they don’t have a huge lawn to convert into market growing rows, but that too is simply not the case. You can start growing your own food at any scale. Perhaps you’re flatting and so container growing suits you best? Or maybe you’re in an apartment and the windowsill is all you’ve got, that’s ok too! Whatever you have and where ever you are, work with what you’ve got! The best time to start is now.

The garden is for the most part, my domain. Dan (my wonderful other half) has nominated himself the Purchasing Department. He gets excited about plants he’d love to eat, buys them, and delivers them to the Operations Manager (me) to find a place to put them and hope I can get them to grow successfully! Needless to say our little urban backyard is getting pretty crowded.

Anyway, I hope to share as much inspiration and information as I can to support you in growing your own gardens. If you have any specific questions please fire them over to me, as I’d love to answer them. Otherwise, settle in for a browse here, and over on our Instagram page.