Although I live in a town, I was brought up in the country and I am a country girl at heart I think. To this end wild flowers and weeds take up as much space as more cultured plants in my garden. And I am always deeply happy when something shifts in my green space that makes it feel more rural. This year the rough hedge on my front garden's edge has wild roses which are now in flower, and brambles and honeysuckle in bud, and jasmine. These plants are weaving through the fairly old and unkempt holly, and the hazel and hawthorn which are beginning to bush up. It's a very small stretch of hedgerow which is particularly wonderful to me because it is inhabited by sparrows and a robin this summer. These things make life feel good.