Stephen Westcott-Gratton

Gooseberry plants are easy to cultivate
Gooseberries are one of the easiest fruits to cultivate successfully. Gooseberry plants are compact, easy to grow and hardy.

Cut flowers, harvested fresh from your garden
Four examples of how to bring cut flowers from your garden inside and present them in simple but beautiful arrangements. Tips and techniques for vases.

Cimicifugas: Superstars of the autumn garden
In late summer, the aristocratic purple-leaved cimicifugas are in heavy bud and the first Japanese anemones are just beginning to flower.

The joy of growing figs
Enjoy the singular culinary delight of growing an ancient fruit – sweet, voluptuous and totally decadent figs (Ficus carica cvs.). How to grow figs in pots.

Super-sized flowers for late summer
Cooler zones are already beginning to get subtle hints that autumn is coming. Flowers for late summer include spotted Joe Pye weed and common rose mallow.