Orto di Casa Cecconi

My first allotment, and then one thing leading to another…

Tag: opinion

  • Putting the culture back into horticulture

    As the coursework for my RHS Special Option Certificate in Fruit and Vegetable Cultivation included a dissertation, I took the opportunity to explore a topic that I had at heart: Breeding for biodiversity and sustainability with the help of the public.The case of Oxalis tuberosa. For the last year in fact I have been supporting the…

  • Horticulture and innovation

    Today I was tidying up my shed, one of those routine horticulture jobs that you could do without and that invite numerous breaks. During one I checked my Twitter and James Wong’s caught my attention: @Botanygeek: Yey! My first article for a weekend paper is out today. Why UK hort needs to be dragged into…