Daisy Bank Garden Design

05/09/2025

Very excited to be in Sheffield for this!

On the 5th and 6th of September Talking Plants will be hosting a 2-day event in Sheffield. The symposium titled ‘Digging into the Detail’, will host a diverse range of speakers and will pose questions to them about substrates, biodiversity, planting design, sustainable propagation and maintenanc...

21/05/2025

10/03/2025

A rare opportunity has come up to get into bed!

A raised bed at the Sensory Garden in Stratford Park is now available. You can use it for something else, such as growing flowers for cutting, if you prefer.

We welcome applications from charities and community groups.

Email [email protected] for more information.

21/02/2025

https://www.thebuzzclub.uk/

Take part in fun citizen science projects in your garden with the Buzz Club, to find out more about your local wildlife and help research.

20/02/2025

We’re heading for spring. A selection of plants available at the Trinity Rooms https://wildstroud.org/events/

15/08/2024

It’s National Allotment Week! Here is our morning haul from the allotment. We’ve got beans, courgettes and cucumbers coming in thick and fast. It’s been a challenging year on the plot which makes each harvest even more special! How is it going on your plot?

The purple speckled French beans are a heirloom variety called Major Cooks climbing beans and have the best flavour Ive ever tasted in a bean. Even when they are a bit bigger with beans forming inside. Unfortunately, they do go green when cooked but the purple makes them easier to harvest.

The courgettes are Croockneck (yellow) and Genovese (pale green) are chosen explicitly for flavour. Both are mild, sweet and pack with taste.

The cucumbers are both very flavourful as well although I can’t remember the variety. The ridge one however, if not picked early gets incredibly bitter at the top.

One of the biggest joys of having our allotment is growing unusual varieties that bring so much flavour to the table.

27/07/2024

In a first for taxonomy, researchers opted to change scientific names containing derivatives of the slur “caffra” to derivatives of “afr,” in reference to the plants' origins in Africa

19/04/2024

Ever listen to the sick beats of rhubarb growing in the dark? Forced rhubarb, which is made to mature in near total darkness, grows at such an alarming rate—as much as an inch a day—that it actually makes squeaks, creaks, and pops as it gets bigger. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/forced-rhubarb-makes-sound
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The technique makes for sweeter rhubarb, growers say, as well as a percussive, chaotic rhythm.⁠
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Please enjoy this kaleidoscopic tart to the smooth sounds of rhubarb snapping & crackling on SoundCloud: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/forced-rhubarb-makes-sound
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10/10/2023

Sparkley grass, michaelmas daisies and seedheads

06/10/2023

Chimneys on the coast

06/10/2023

Some rain on Dartmoor

27/09/2023

Dahlias and salvias