Category: Dobies of Devon

How many gardeners, I wonder, are adamant that flowers and vegetables should never mix, but be kept apart – one…

I so frequently advocate gaining inspiration for one’s own garden from visits to ‘stately homes’ that it is all too…

No matter what one plans to do in the garden, we are continually subjected to the vagaries of the British…

Suddenly the weather has turned airless and incredibly warm. It’s almost too hot to work outside, so I am thankful that,…

I returned from the RHS Cardiff Flower Show and then a few days in Shropshire over Easter and in my postbox…

In the course of a year, I visit many gardening shows and am always amazed at the ingenuity and beauty…

Writing in the Dobies April Newsletter which was published last week, I explained that our focus this month was to…

Taking stock of our plot – and oh how it has suffered over the last few months from overmuch wet…

The Dobies of Devon gang are very excited to be welcoming Simon Hulstone (Michelin Star chef and all round good…

Snow over much of the country seems to be more prevalent this winter than in I remember in the past…