Archive - Bramble & Briar

June 2025

What if you had another chance to get it right?

Bramble & Briar #121. Why garden-based resolutions hit different

Jun 29 •

Andrew Timothy O'Brien

Meetings with plants: Rose ‘Ballerina’

Bramble & Briar #120. A rose that keeps on going

Jun 22 •

Andrew Timothy O'Brien

A prickle: roseleaf sage

Bramble & Briar #119. There might be a bigger salvia, but I've yet to meet one

Jun 18 •

Andrew Timothy O'Brien

Why garden rooms don’t work for me

Bramble & Briar #118. Outside is outside and inside just isn't. Plus, a ceiling has nothing on the sky

Jun 15 •

Andrew Timothy O'Brien

The first shag of the year

Bramble & Briar #117. In June, the garden joyfully lets itself go

Jun 8 •

Andrew Timothy O'Brien

Meetings with plants: purple smoke bush

Bramble & Briar #116. Who knew pruning could be so much fun?

Jun 4 •

Andrew Timothy O'Brien

The sign of the peony

Bramble & Briar #115 Why the showiest flower in the garden might also be the saddest

Jun 1 •

Andrew Timothy O'Brien

May 2025

Meetings with plants: purple cranesbill

Bramble & Briar #114. Why this should be your favourite geranium

May 28 •

Andrew Timothy O'Brien

Maybe I just get too attached to things

Bramble & Briar #113. Pets, inanimate objects. Even (occasionally) people. Plants, definitely.

May 25 •

Andrew Timothy O'Brien

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