‘Rewilding’ has become a bit of a buzz word, with the issue lately receiving increasing exposure from the mainstream media. A wide-ranging and far-reaching subject, the basic premise is that we can all do our bit for wildlife by allowing our gardens and other outside spaces to become wilder and less controlled, to provide valuable […]

Who knew that a trip to a garden would make a rock fan of me, but that’s exactly what happened on a recent visit to the National Botanic Gardens of Wales in Carmarthenshire! On a dreary and damp day in mid May when even the flowers and plants were looking depressed, my spirits were lifted […]

A modern day story of patience, love, tortoises…and gin Down a quiet lane in the heart of the Flintshire countryside, an extraordinary alchemy is taking place. Carefully chosen and prepared botanicals and infusions are gently commingling in a traditional copper still as eight tortoises of varying size bimble about in the garden outside. Time ticks […]

Today has been spent walking one of my favourite haunts, a secret place among the quieter paths of the Clwydian hills. With the Vale of Clwyd ethereal under blue and gold, and a soft breeze riffling my hair, I watched as a skylark sang and pirouetted into infinity in the clear skies above me on […]