Read our interview with Rekha Mistry, winner of 2023’s Garden Media Guild ‘Social Media Influencer of the Year’. Learn about how each allotment and landscape has challenged her, and how she uses social media to connect with her followers.
Expert update
Hints, how-tos, tips and advice on some common topics from the Thompson & Morgan experts. There's a wealth of gardening information in these blog post, so settle back for a big read!
Why Northumberland inspires Rosy Hardy to garden
Read our interview with Rosy Hardy, a vice president of the RHS and gold medal award winner at Chelsea who was recently shortlisted for a Garden Media Guild Award. Learn about this horticultural expert’s favourite landscape, greatest achievements, and how she uses YouTube to connect with her followers.
How Anya Lautenbach’s garden helped to heal grief
Read our interview with Anya Lautenbach, a hugely popular gardening social media influencer who has been shortlisted for a Garden Media Guild Award. Learn about how propagating her own plants helped her to cope with some of the most challenging times in her life.
Why Simon Akeroyd thinks TikTok is the future for gardeners
Read our interview with Simon Akeroyd, an experienced, professional gardener who has been shortlisted for a Garden Media Guild Award. Learn about his favourite plants, his horticultural career and how he uses TikTok to reach new audiences.
Why rudbeckia is one of Lee Burkhill’s top three plants
Read our interview with Garden Ninja, Lee Burkhill, who was recently shortlisted for a Garden Media Guild Award. Learn about this horticultural expert’s favourite plants, his main influences and how he uses social media to build his gardening career.
Hanging basket habits revealed
Love them or loathe them, nothing sets up the garden for summer like a vibrant display of hanging baskets. Thompson & Morgan, the UK’s leading mail order supplier of seasonal basket plants, asked the nation’s gardeners how they use hanging baskets to best effect. The findings were most interesting…
Suffolk train stations back in bloom
Colour has returned to Ipswich and Stowmarket train stations thanks to a partnership between train operator Abellio Greater Anglia, local seed and plant specialist Thompson & Morgan and Ipswich-based charity ActivLives.
A Taste For The Tropics: Creating A Jungle Garden!
If summer holidays to far-off places feel out of reach right now, maybe it’s time to plan for a holiday at home? Creating a tropical feel on your suburban patio isn’t as far-fetched as it might sound.
Garden pests and other wildlife!
Early summer is the perfect time to step out in the garden with a nice cuppa, and bathe in the satisfaction that all of that hard work this spring was worth the effort. And so it was that whilst surveying my garden at the weekend, over a hot...
Lockdown at Driftwood!
2020 so far has been a bit of a blur on many levels at Driftwood. Back in February, having not long had a new dog, Chester, he escaped from the house and I had to chase up the road after him pulling the ligaments in my left leg into the bargain! To compound the issue,...
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