Curating the National Collection of Cyclamen species During my time at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, I worked with Cyclamen. This is a wonderful genus of plants, having remarkable ornamental value. We have been cultivated Cyclamen species indoor and outdoor....
Revamping an (English) Japanese Garden The Japanese Garden and Bonsai Court at the Birmingham Botanical Garden was a very interesting “exercise of translation”. Meaning, the process of location into a different page the idioms that I had seen during my...
Discovering some natural principles of rock gardening When I first started considering the idea of a work experience with focus on alpine flora and rock gardening in 2019, my compass naturally pointed north of Birmingham, that is my current nest and workplace. And...
Building and planting a rock garden at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens The hard- and soft-landscaping of the new Alan King Alpine Garden has been an important redevelopment and significant financial investment by the BBG. Over two years, we designed and built a new...
Curating an English Garden in southern Japan In February 2016 I moved to Japan and started my current employment as the head gardener of The Tsuzuki Gakuen English Garden. Among all the fresh challenges that a new life in Japan includes (figuring out the food labels,...
