Why gardens "PLUS"?

Why the "PLUS"? Because I want to help people explore and develop the bigger picture of their gardens.
What do you think of when you hear the word "garden"? You might think straight away of growing some tastey fruit and veg, or you might think of a patch of grass and you relaxing on it with a restorative drink - whilst enjoying a beautiful view with flowers, bushes and trees. Or you might picture yourself playing with your kids and having fun with family and friends. I think these are all great aspects of gardens and gardening and I would like to help you to develop your own garden around your own vision.

There's almost always bees on the clumps of borage at Barmolloch Farm

The point of the "PLUS" is that with a little thought, understanding and planning you can achieve not only much more of what you knew you wanted to achieve but also some things you didn't know you could achieve but are really cool. And again, with a bit more thought and planning you can get the maximum of what you want for whatever time, energy and money you have available.
For example, say you would like to have some apple and other fruit trees. Brilliant, and you could just go out and buy a few trees and pop them in the ground. The "PLUS" here might be to clear some space around the base of trees and to plant it up with bee-friendly herbs, like borage,

ICE CAPS AND GARDENS

It's no surprise if you missed the minimal reports in the mainstream news of this massive iceberg, three times the size of London, splitting from the Larsen C shelf in Antarctica. It gives me the heebie-geebies though, as the Larsen C shelf may be acting as a dam, holding back much more ice...

Roll on to July 2017, and the A68 iceberg, 12% of the Larsen C shelf, is on the move. Easy to feel powerless against a trillion tonnes of ice but in fact our individual attitudes and actions ripple out and change the whole world.

It was reports of vanishing ice back in 2006 that made me get off my backside and start exploring the eco world.
"SO WHAT'S A SUSTAINABLE WAY OF LIFE LIKE?"
Looking for answers to that question set me off on a journey to Portugal and around the UK,