Author: Rosie Peddle

As we enter the summer months with the prospect of the longest day coming up fast on June 21, we can observe how the change of seasons brings new colours

Since buying our home in the eastern Algarve, it has been a steep learning curve, but now it is fun to have a garden which tolerates drought. It is also

Conservation should start at home, but does that mean your home? The recent improved levels of winter rainfall have produced an amazing response from the plants and trees but also

A skilled gardener offers far more than mere watering and weeding – avoid the noisy machines and go for knowledge and experience. What work needs doing? Gardeners, garden companies, and the services

The Algarve is classified as zone 9/10 in the USDA hardiness designation. This classification is in common with the two mediterranean zones in Australia. Both the south-western (centred on Perth)

“The best time to plant trees was 20 years ago. The next best time to plant trees is today!” An aristocrat of the woody plant world, oaks are one of

At this time of year, and going into January and February, aloes really are impressive. These thorny-leafed succulents whose wonderful flaming spears catch the sun and set the garden alight

Recent rainfall has transformed the natural landscape here in the Algarve. Previously, silver, brown and golden yellows were the predominant colours with seed heads and grasses providing movement and interest. 

Autumn Mediterranean Garden Fair, Silves – October 28 and 29 Celebrate the start of the new gardening year with a visit to this unique event in the garden calendar –

California, like other Mediterranean climate zones, is situated on a southwest-facing coastline with high hills sheltering a lower lying coastal plain. Another feature common to similar zones are the densely