The Scentual Garden

This issue our gardening expert Conrad McCormick focuses on fragrance.

How often when we see a beautiful flower is our automatic response is bury our nose in its petals? We are almost hardwired to assume blooms will be scented, disappointment can follow if it’s lacking in fragrance. Scent has the ability to take us back to a forgotten moment and can remind us strongly of people and places from our past, it does this because our sense of smell is linked directly to the emotional control centre of our brain.

Read more in the August issue…