Author: Severine

As a garden designer, I often feel like my customers’ personal shopper. In essence, I’m trying to be as good as possible at spending…

Within the range of my middle age lifespan, I have already seen many changes to familiar spaces. I have in mind two contrasting examples….

I’m a real sucker for a list. And in the gardening world there are many: top 20 plants for shade, 10 best roses, 25 easy…

At this time of year, cash strapped garden designers (hello!) would have you believe this is a good time for planning your garden, when…

For the past 27 years I have made Manchester my home. I have settled in South Manchester, having lived in a few different places from…

‘Cats of Instagram’ has 11.6 million followers, and over 8 millions follow ‘Happy Cats’ on facebook, so in a desperate attempt to…

I love fabrics. When dress making, I can happily day dream for hours about how to best use a piece of cloth, thinking about patterns,…

The title, of course, is lifted from Stevie Wonder’s late-70s experimental double album, and as Stevie has just celebrated his 70th…

As the city has grown quieter, there is also much action on my street. My neighbours have started all kinds of DIY projects, including…

As my hands are looking more and more like prunes with the repetitive washing and sanitizing, I remind myself that there is also some…