Midnight Brambling - a genuine love and amazement of gardening
She has written several books, including The Half-hour Allotment and Conservatory and Greenhouse Gardening, and studied horticulture at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. Lia has an 80-ft garden off the rear of her house in Bristol, an allotment and is on the residents’ committee of her local park.
Lia started the blog in January of this year, and even though there haven’t been that many posts up to now, this is undoubtedly a measure of quality and not of quantity. She confesses that the ‘pontificating habit dies hard’, but there will always be time in between the weeding for a scribble or two.
Being a journalist Lia really knows how to write and get the best out of a tale, wrapping philosophy and memories around her hazel trees. There are some lovely moments; her post of working in the outback is a real pleasure to read.
The ups and downs of her perennial gardening are sometimes lathered in suds of self doubt, but she strikes back with bucket loads of courage and a genuine love and amazement of gardening. Lia clearly knows what she’s talking about, especially when it comes to soil carbon sequestration! The blog is a definite success in being both interesting and intimate.
For Lia’s knowledge and quality we are making Midnight Brambling our Gardening Blog of the Week.
