by Trevor Millum | Aug 30, 2023 | Gardens
Who’d expect the lushness of this garden in Lincolnshire? It just shows how a microclimate can be created in which these beauties not only survive and grow, but flourish. Some will be brought in during the winter but many are surprisingly hardy. The sun shone...
by Trevor Millum | Jun 6, 2023 | Barrow, Gardens
The 12th Annual Wheelbarrow Weekend just went by. My entry doesn’t much like a barrow but it is one – or, at least, the remains of one. After the bottom rusted away all I was left with was a skeleton – and here he is with a few lotions and potions to...
by Trevor Millum | Apr 1, 2022 | Gardens, News
Not surprisingly, getting Son of the Secret Gardener out into the world has occupied a lot of my time over the last couple of months. My PR person, Elly Donovan, has been fantastic and as a result I’ve done a lot of local radio interviews and got coverage in all...
by Trevor Millum | Oct 7, 2021 | Gardens, Places, Visits
The dolphin sculpture sits on a promontory in Portsoy on the Aberdeenshire coast. Portsoy is a small harbour town but with imposing 18th century buildings on the quayside. You can see the dolphin on the horizon here. Not far away is Cawdor with a typical Scottish...
by Trevor Millum | Jul 29, 2021 | Gardens
It’s been a good summer for gardens so far, notwithstanding a couple of periods of very heavy rain and some unwelcome winds. The photo above was taken at Helmsley Walled Garden: always a joy to visit but particularly resplendent in July. The cafe is very good...
by Trevor Millum | Oct 23, 2020 | Gardens, News, Places
In this slim volume is the lifetime’s experience and wisdom of Bernard and myself distilled from three decades of blood, sweat and fun in classrooms, school halls and libraries. The underlying message is that poetry is not there to be studied and dissected but...
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