Jekka Mcvicar

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Jennifer Jewell: “I see hope and value in a self-sustaining cycle of living with plants, loving plants, learning plants, growing plants, knowing plants, interpreting plants.” Photograph: John Whittlesey
Gardening women: meet Fionnuala Fallon’s horticultural heroes

  We all have our heroes and it’s not surprising so many of mine belong in one way or another to the world of plants. They include gardeners, de(...)

lys Fowler: “Being that tidy-minded is not only an awful lot of hard work, it also comes at an enormous cost to our wellbeing.”
Alys Fowler on love and gardening: ‘Ursula Halligan inspired me to come out’

As a longstanding gardening columnist with the Guardian, a bestselling author, and a former presenter on the BBC’s Gardener’s World, Alys Fowler (...)

Giverny, France - June 8th, 2017: Claude Monet’s garden at Giverny, in the background the house of Monet can be seen. Photograph: Getty Images
Six great European gardens to discover on holidays

Heading off abroad on holidays this summer and hoping to include a visit to one of Europe’s great gardens? I asked some of the country’s most seasoned(...)

Herb health: rosemary is said to be good for the memory. Photograph: Thinkstock
The making of a modern apothecary

If you had a nasty cough, mouth ulcers, upset tummy or other minor ailment, Jekka McVicar’s mother would go into the garden, pick out a number of herb(...)