Jekka Mcvicar
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Gardening women: meet Fionnuala Fallon’s horticultural heroes
- Gardens
- March 7, 2020, 00:00
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(...)

Alys Fowler on love and gardening: ‘Ursula Halligan inspired me to come out’
- Gardens
- July 20, 2019, 00:00
As a longstanding gardening columnist with the Guardian, a bestselling author, and a former presenter on the BBC’s Gardener’s World, Alys Fowler (...)

Six great European gardens to discover on holidays
- Gardens
- July 13, 2019, 00:00
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(...)

The making of a modern apothecary
- Gardens
- March 5, 2016, 01:00
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(...)