Barbara Segall's Blog: The Garden Post

In her regular column for Homegrown Kitchen, Barbara Segall reveals how she grows and uses yacon and other unusual rooty
delights.

In her regular column for Homegrown Kitchen, Barbara Segall reveals how she grows and uses basil, a favourite summer herb which has a surprising range of varieties and uses.

Herbs are widely known as a food flavouring and garnish, but can their traditions and folklore teach us much about how to garden today? Barbara Segall looks into the matter.

As featured in the June 2026 issue of Gardeners’ World

Barbara Segall visits two gardens sandwiched between Basildon and Billericay that encourage visitors to come into their gardens to photograph or paint.

As featured in the June 2026 issue of Essex Life.

In her regular column for Homegrown Kitchen, Barbara Segall reveals how she grows and uses lovage, an old-fashioned herb definitely due a comeback.

As featured in the May 2026 issue of Homegrown Kitchen magazine.

In her regular column for Homegrown Kitchen, Barbara Segall turns her attention to one of our most popular herbs, marvellous mint, and looks at unusual varieties and how to use them.

As featured in the April 2026 issue of Homegrown Kitchen magazine.

Marysa Norris has put her own stamp on her Suffolk garden with seasonal and thematic highlights, from a ‘wild bed’ and pond to a woodland area, plus borders that positively fizz with colour throughout late spring and summer, Barbara Segall writes in the May edition of Period Living magazine.

As featured in the May 2026 issue of Period Living magazine.

Barbara Segalls’s list of Essex gardens has something for everyone – and if you are nimble and well-organised you could visit a garden at least twice a week throughout the gardening season.

As featured in the April 2026 issue of Essex Life.

Sowing and growing sweet cicely in your garden makes the perfect companion for rhubarb, reveals Barbara Segall in her regular column for Homegrown Kitchen.

As featured in the March 2026 issue of Homegrown Kitchen magazine.

The award-winning designer and presenter Arit Anderson tells Barbara Segall how we can create beautiful gardens to benefit wildlife and ourselves.

This article appeared in the 28 March 2026 edition of Amateur Gardening.

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