Garden Notes: planning ahead

The gardener is the only person to whom time gives more than it takes away.Beverley Nichols

That’s quoted from memory, may not be quite right. It’s a strange thing about gardening, that on a hot day (too much for me, but I daren’t complain), you can suddenly picture snowdrops as something to look forward to. These thoughts were provoked by the arrival of Sarah Raven’s autumn catalogue.



So, with the garden awash with summery pinks and mauves, I’m sitting plotting combinations of tulips and wallflowers. I think I have to have this fritillary. So weird!