Nicola Stocken
Gardens photographer and writer specialising in magazine features of images and text
Creating a cottage garden with fruit, flowers and vegetables in containers
Nothing heralds spring better than flowers, with many of the brightest thriving in pots for weeks on end
During January, February and March, celebrate nature’s blues with baby bulbs, plucky perennials and showy shrubs
Even the darkest winter day cannot fail to be lightened by the sight of golden flowers on trees or fences, in pots and beds
Bringing welcome colour from winter into early spring, many flowering plants are easy and rewarding to grow in pots
Town garden in May when collections of hostas and maples fill pots or salvage containers on a patio, pergola, deck
Summer town garden sees cottage style herbaceous borders perennials, a shady pool, hosta walk, lovely pots, greenhouse