Favourite writers and blogs

[Matt T]

Who are you favourite garden writers? Are there any blogs you love reading? Some of those I particularly enjoy catching up with include:

Our own BD with the wonderful bulb log every Wednesday.

The AGS diaries - John Richards always features interesting plants from his garden in Northumberland, many of which stand half a chance of growing here. Whilst Tim's climate is a world away from ours, I love reading his Kent diary, which doesn't just tell us about the plants/gardens but links these in to a wider global view in such an engaging way (his SRGC Forum thread is just as fascinating).

A similarly thoughtful writer is Michael McCoy from down under.

Matt Mattus, NARGS President for giving us a different perspective on growing with plants from across the Atlantic.

And the canine stand-in for Bob Nold is always entertaining (with the occasional plant thrown in).

There are others, but which do you enjoy reading? I'm sure there are lots of folk writing about their plants out there and I'd love to hear about them.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Not a blog but an old-fashioned journal: Hortus. Excellent writing.

[Lawrence]

Not a blog again, but David Nicholson always brings a smile to my face

[Jupiter]

Michael McCoy irks me a bit... I think it's because he's an art'eest, you know? Waxing philosophical about the poetry in form and colour of various planting combinations... it's all a bit much. Much of the time I get the impression that gardeners take WAY too much credit for what nature does very well without interference.

Ian's bulb log is excellent.

I like John Lonsdale's website, Edgewood Gardens. Not a regularly updated blog but a REAL plantsman and a wealth of information and great pictures.

http://www.edgewoodgardens.net/

[Tim Ingram]

When you write a diary or 'blog' half the time you wonder if anyone is actually reading it so it is really nice when people say they do! Since I was brought up on books these are where I still find the most telling writing about plants because they give space to really explore a subject properly, whereas the Internet just delves in here and there. It can level down as well as draw up and I especially like really informative botanical websites such as Cal Flora, Svalbard Flora and one I found recently on Morocco (www.teline.fr) because there is always so much more to discover and you find this from the personal experiences of others - rather like travel writing. I think the practical experience of working with plants is what is so valuable so would tend to agree with Jamus, even though I am becoming more poetic in my old age .