Parker's Suburban Garden
Fans of Parker's Penryn Garden, rejoice! After a 5-year hiatus, Stephen 'Spoonful' Parker is back, spreading muck on a new...
27th July 2022
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As The Seasons Progress
Angie Lewin looks at the wood engravings of Clare Leighton. ‘Ours is an ordinary garden,’ begins Clare Leighton’s diary of a...17th September 2021
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Growing between the cracks
Rough Trade Books' latest series of pamphlets, published in partnership with the Garden Museum, explore gardens as a locus of...6th May 2021
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A Handful of Beans
An extract from Anna Koska’s 'From Field & Forest: An artist’s year in paint and pen', newly published by Pavilion...6th March 2021
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Shadows and Reflections: Melissa Mouchemore
It’s time for the annual end-of-year musings known as Shadows and Reflections. Since so many of our lives were lived...24th December 2020
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Cucurbita Maximus
Stephen 'Spoonful' Parker casts his eye over 'Cucurbita Maximus', photographer and gardener William Arnold's new squash-based photo-zine. I’ve written before on...25th May 2018
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Parker's Penryn Garden
An annual update from Stephen 'Spoonful' Parker and his Cornish garden – featuring beans, beetroot, and blackbird trouble One crystal-clear...13th December 2017
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Parker's Penryn Garden
A long-awaited update from Cornwall - featuring bunnies, borlotti beans, and blight Words & pictures: Stephen 'Spoonful' Parker Slipping on...14th December 2016
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Where I'm Calling From
In the first instalment of a new column, Martha Sprackland - one of our poets-in-residence - muses on the humble...10th August 2016
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Ivy Cities by Matt Collins
Wendy Barrett enjoys Ivy Cities, a bespoke journal comprising a selection of garden diary entries, photographs and notes over the...2nd May 2016
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Parker's Penryn Garden
Seaweed and 'black gold' - this month it's all about compost Words and pictures: Stephen ‘Spoonful’ Parker I'm squelching around...13th January 2016
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Parker's Penryn Garden
Victorian superstition rears its head in the Cornish garden Words and pictures: Stephen 'Spoonful' Parker I raise the axe and...3rd November 2015
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Parker's Penryn Garden
This month, the Cornish garden is overflowing with rainwater and sour plums Words and pictures: Stephen 'Spoonful' Parker I stand...9th October 2015
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Parker's Penryn Garden
This month’s action in the life of a Cornish garden features pumpkin surgery, monster chard and squeaky peas Words and...9th August 2015
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Parker's Penryn Garden
Words and pictures: Stephen 'Spoonful' Parker Great creamy drifts of pink blossom swirl around me while I sit on the...4th June 2015
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Parker's Penryn Garden
Words and pictures: Stephen 'Spoonful' Parker I’m sitting in my shed looking through a jumble of seed packets. The packets...13th May 2015
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Parker's Penryn Garden
Words and pictures: Stephen 'Spoonful' Parker It’s a gentle March morning and I’m sitting on the grass mildly hungover, pushing...3rd April 2015
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Parker's Penryn Garden
The pain of growing sprouts v. the pains of childbirth. The gardener declares it a draw in this month's visit...10th March 2015