Adam Frost

It seems a while since I have posted a few words but I have been busy - I promise. However, I must be honest - it’s not all been work though. My wife, bless her, sorted me a ticket to go to Glastonbury. Read more...

Anyone who knows me knows how much I care about education within our industry so it was great to be approached by City and Guilds to contribute to an article to promote horticulture as a career. I think it was an ‘idiot makes good’ kind of article (James, I’m talking about me, not you) but hopefully, it’ll make a few people think about a future in horticulture, you never know!
Click here to download the PDF of the article.

It’s always great to receive a letter from a happy client but this one struck a chord with me because I think it pretty well sums up what gardens can do in today’s world. I love the fact that we have created a garden that welcomes. Anyway, here’s part of a very nice letter:

“Moved back into the house last Tuesday and it is still a building site with something happening in every room. The Easter break has been a great chance to try and create some order but every time I start to feel stressed I just have to look at my garden and feel instant calm. You completely fulfilled your brief of a meditative garden with Japanese overtones. It welcomes us out into it – now looking forward to some sun so we can sit out and really enjoy it”

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 I had the pleasure of helping my mate Nick Hamilton from Barnsdale Gardens to put his nursery display together at Gardeners’ World Live in Birmingham last week. It was a long day on the Monday before the show opened, but worthwhile with him winning a Gold Medal (well done fella). Great timing, as he’s just launched a new website for the gardens and has some great new stuff coming up. Take a look at www.barnsdalegardens.co.uk 

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Holiday over and we are off to Hampton Court. A late entry but it should be good fun. We are designing a front garden for the RHS, a bit like Sarah Eberle’s ‘Credit Crunch’ gardens at Chelsea, but these are edible gardens. I have based my design on a young couple, who combine their passion for cooking with a real love of their small modern garden. I want to make it so that every day they can come home from work and find something in the garden that will inspire a meal. It will be planted with herbs, fruit and a few salad crops (to be honest, whatever I can get my hands on). I will take some photos so keep an eye out!Read more...

Picture this; little old me doing an interview for BBC Look North, on the Monday at the show. Just as I finish, Helen Mirren walks up to me and said “Hello, I’m Helen.” I’m thinking to myself, you don’t need to be introducing yourself. The lady is a legend as far as I’m concerned. From watching her films as a teenager, to her playing the Queen, Helen Mirren is awesome and still very sexy. Anyway, she congratulated me on the garden saying how beautiful if was and we had a chat about the idea behind it. She was lovely, which has put her on an even higher pedestal. Great moment, great memory! Another big highlight was seeing my mate, Mark Gregory pick up another Gold for a great little garden. Well done fella! His gardens are not only beautiful but full of good ideas.Read more...

First, I think I should thank my wife for booking this break, which at the time caused a row. Me being stupid, obviously …’we can’t go away at this time of year, I’m too busy - are you mad,’ I seem to remember ranting. Anyway, she was right – it’s just want we needed.

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I don’t know about you, but last weekend was the first chance I had to get back out in the garden after all the recent weather. People keep telling me how lovely everything looked covered in snow. On a postcard, yes, but I was glad to see the back of it. On a brighter note, just look at the picture below - I know I’m not exactly David Bailey and the photo doesn’t really do it justice, but I planted these two last year.Read more...

I have just been lucky enough to be commissioned to design a garden just outside of Cairo in Egypt.

 Well what a place! On arrival we were whisked off to our hotel and what a drive that was. I don’t know if any of you have ever driven in Egypt but it’s mad! I soon came to the conclusion that the white lines are purely for decorative purposes – five cars in three lanes!. Anyway, we did finally arrive in one piece to a great hotel. To be honest, the Egyptian people treated us wonderfully during our whole trip (I digress).

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