There’s something incredibly satisfying about growing succulents. Maybe it’s their sculptural shapes, their soft, chalky colours, or the way they seem to thrive without demanding too much from you. They’re quite unfussy and forgiving - everything you want when you’re just starting out in the garden. For me, succulents were one of those plants that just clicked. They taught me patience, restraint (especially with watering!), and how powerful the right conditions can be. And if you’re at the...

People sometimes assume I’ve always been “into gardening.” That this was the dream. That Shell on Earth was part of some long, carefully mapped out plan. It wasn’t. If you’d told me ten years ago that I’d be running a family business built around crushed whelk shells - in West Wales - while renovating a Dutch barn and talking about soil health on the internet… I genuinely would have laughed. There was no masterplan. There was no five-year strategy. There was just life unfolding. And a lot of...

When people ask where my love of gardening began, they usually expect a romantic story about helping a grandparent in a vegetable patch...