I have to say that this blog is in the main, thanks to prolific garden blogger Claire Brown from Plant Passion who very kindly sent me through her top five list of blogs (and I haven’t completely cribbed from her! This includes my list as well…). We’re also creating a blog for a garden designer as we speak and so we’ve been doing much research into garden blogs here at Flourish.
And so without further ado, here are eight inspiring gardening blogs in no particular order. Let me know what you think? Any that I’ve missed off?
Fennel and Fern
This has to be the queen of garden blogging, surely? Delicious images, an evocative header and unobtrusive advertising. And it’s a great read to boot. Interestingly it’s written by a consortium of writers – now there’s an idea if you’re worried about not having the time or energy to blog yourself!
Carrots and Kids
LOVE this one. Beautifully photographed and designed – thanks Claire for the prompt! It’s written by Fennel and Fern’s Debbie. Isn’t that photography just delicious?
Stopwatch Gardener
I love the fact that the whole design of this blog feels fast. See those hastily written menu bars? The scrappy notes? It all adds to the feeling of accessibility, like we can all squeeze in 5 mins of gardening.
Bumblebee Blog
It’s a quirky design that’s quite fun, and I have it on good authority from Claire that it’s a good read…
Plant Passion
A passionately and brilliantly written blog that’s regularly updated with useful gardening snippets that we should all take note of. Claire’s passion and personality really shine through – well worth a read.
Debra Prinzing
I’ve only just discovered this one, but it’s ramajammed full of useful articles that are really well illsutrated with some stunning photography.
So glad that you agree with me, and thanks for introducing me to Debra Prinzing, I also love http://www.earthdesigns.co.uk/blog , and http://www.hegartywebberpartnership.com/blog/ for garden design stuff.
Thanks Claire for the inspiration. And the link to yours was geniunely not sycophantic – it’s really well written & informative. f
Surrey girl AllotmentAli has a daily blog with photos see her twitter feed and blog at http://bit.ly/QUFVs
Thank you Mike, much appreciated. Will check it out. Nice to see another local blogger…
Thanks for loving our blog Claire – as someone who is new to blogging – its always hard to know if you are getting it right and adding something different to the mix – so lovely to get your kind comments
Hi Katrina, thanks for stopping by my blog
All the best with your new blog. You might find the following blog posts useful if you’re relatively new to blogging. Fiona http://www.flourishstudios.co.uk/blog/?s=blogging