Featured Gardener: Sammy Stringer

by | September 8th, 2025 | Featured Gardener, Gardening Posts

Close up of Samantha Stringer holding a pink dahlia

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When Sammy (@insammysgarden_) bought her first home in 2019, she had zero gardening experience. Fast forward a few years and she’s transformed her corner-plot garden into a cottage-style haven filled with dahlias, foxgloves, and pollinator-friendly plants – and even picked up medals at RHS and BBC Gardeners’ World Live shows. Discover how she went from beginner to award winner, and why her next challenge is creating a 100% pink paradise at home…

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Featured Gardener: Christina Carpenter

by | August 11th, 2025 | Featured Gardener, Gardening Posts

woman kneeling next to a planter of flowering bulbs

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When Christina Carpenter moved into her Devonshire home two years ago, the garden was a complete blank canvas. Since then, Christina (also known as @lady_green_fingers) has transformed it into a vibrant, wildlife-friendly space bursting with flowers, homegrown veg, and unique upcycled projects. Discover how she created a tranquil haven for herself and the occasional hedgehog…

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Featured Gardener: Michelle Washington-Jenkins

by | July 7th, 2025 | Featured Gardener, Gardening Posts

Woman holding a large bouquet of purple flowers in a polytunnel.

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After a career in dance and co-founding a talent agency, Michelle Washington-Jenkins stepped back to raise her three children – and unearthed a passion for gardening. Today, she’s a trained horticulturist, professional flower grower and the digital creator known as @floriansbotanical, sharing her love of seasonal blooms from her beautiful Victorian walled garden in Hampshire. Discover how Michelle built a flower-filled life from scratch – and why her greenhouse is the beating heart of both her growing and creativity.

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Featured Gardener: Charlotte Hugh

by | June 9th, 2025 | Featured Gardener, Gardening Posts

Charlotte Hugh with snapdragons
In just a few short years, Charlotte Hugh from @new.house.home has completely transformed her empty new build plot into a riot of texture, colour and scent. Working with her husband Ben, she has added a greenhouse, a pergola, brick paths, several unique ‘zones’ and a huge number of plants to their gorgeous outside space. Find out how she created her dream garden, and what has been her biggest regret…

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Featured Gardener: Jonathan Sheppard

by | May 6th, 2025 | Featured Gardener, Gardening Posts

Jonathan Sheppard sharing his cosmos collection with HM Queen Camilla at RHS Chelsea Show.

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Cosmos National Collection holder Jonathan Sheppard (@thejsheppard) is exhibiting a range of Cosmos bipinnatus at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show — including a brand new cultivar from Thompson & Morgan’s breeding programme: Cosmos ‘Fondant Fancy’, with deep pink, saucer-shaped blooms. With a passion for sustainability, his plants are all home grown without peat or pesticides. Despite being knee-deep in preparations, this eco-friendly grower gave us a sneak peek at what goes on behind the scenes.

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Featured Gardener: Kay Maynard

by | April 7th, 2025 | Featured Gardener, Gardening Posts

Kay Maynard sitting at a table in her garden.

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Kay Maynard from @brook_cottage_ shares her wonderful Welsh garden with two adorable sausage dogs and a plethora of wildlife. With a pond, bridge, weekend shelter, outdoor stove and a beautifully collated selection of plants, her magical outside space can be used all year round. Learn more about this vintage-loving upcycler and her gorgeous garden here…

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