February so far has been cold and overcast here at Old Spa Road but one morning the sun shone … briefly … in the Conifer Wood . A question most gardeners ask themselves , especially at this time of year in cold , dark,wet February days , is why do I garden ?? Clinically mad is one answer , joking of course but you get the point . Thomas Rainer , a US landscape architect based in Washington , describes himself in his CV as “ architect by profession , gardener by obsession ” which about sums it up and he has written which is for me the best definition […]

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