"Many of us are endeavouring to forge a more sustainable approach to our domestic gardening, which relies less on that precious and increasingly rare commodity water. William Martin gives a personal perspecive on how to achieve this"

"The Era of the plump and green ‘Look’ of our ‘Traditional’ garden ways is under threat…for too long we have endeavored to create gardens which are more akin to the ‘drippier’ climates of the Northern Hemisphere than the much harsher ‘reality’ and extremes of our climate."

Garden culture as we know it could well be relegated to the archives filed under 'nice folly but hemispherically bizarre'!