Travel & International

The High Line: Lessons for Urban Greenways

Back in 2017, we had the pleasure of seeing NYC's High Line park in person and I have to say that it made us rethink many aspects of...

Blue Gold: Canada's Coastal Camas Meadows

There's nothing quite like the Garry oak ecosystem in the spring; a softly undulating dreamscape of purply-blue Camassia punctuated by...

Need a Break? Checkout These Eccentric Gardens

When the world is just too much, gardens are a safe space to breathe and take a break. And some of the best, are places where gardeners...

Rose Pruning at Sissinghurst

Isn’t it inspiring when you come across seemingly common maintenance practices, but it’s at one of the worlds best known gardens? and...

Small Planting Projects with Big Impact: Gardening for the Future

Who isn't concerned with the state of our world? Climate crisis, loss of social connections and loss of natural connections have left us...

For the Love of Water Rills

'Water is used to express layers of meaning, it is simultaneously heavy and weightless, solid and transparent, light and dark' -Luciano...

Small Planting Projects with Big Ideas: Inspired Horticulture

This year has been a challenging one to say the least. As someone that takes inspiration from horticulture, history, art and travel I've...

Blok Planting Garden Design: A Naturalistic Nursery Dream

Here at Simple Leaf, Alicia and I have been treating this very unusual year as a time to reach out online and meet other like-minded...

Dreams in Majorelle Blue

Over the years, in my career in horticulture, I've become enamoured with the new perennial movement, its ideals and mechanisms seem to...

Green Inspiration: Gardening Amsterdam Style

I've seen lots of great Guerrilla Gardening projects over the years. From an army of brightly planted tree wells spotted in New York, to...