small space gardening
with Tom Stimpson - Head of Horticulture
Tom has a beautiful garden - small, exquisite and perfectly formed, in the centre of Ely, which he shares with his husband Colin.
He has worked with Sarah to design a bold and brilliant range of beautiful bulb collections perfectly suited to window boxes and pretty, table centre pots, as well as a number of showstoppers.
march to july in Tom's garden
March, just as the bulbs are getting going, with lot's of sign of fresh spring growth
July
The whole garden is bursting with colour, and not an inch of boundaries or walls can be seen
“Just because you have a small garden doesn’t mean you can’t have big impact.”
Tom's top buys
I love simple and elegant terracotta pots which allow whatever is growing in them to shine and do all the talking
I use the large for mixed summer plantings of herbs, annuals, and bedding plants
I use the medium pots for pelargoniums
I use the small pots for tabletop displays using plants such as erigeron and nemesia
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