Most of the following articles were written by Felicity Reid, a Canadian artist, writer and passionate gardener who was one of the earliest ‘foreigners’ to make Ibiza her home. She writes about gardening on Ibiza with the benefit of over fifty years’ experience of the island’s climate, soil and the plants that will thrive in it.
Her articles cover the different seasons to be found here and, in their entirety, form an ‘all year round’ picture of the island from the perspective of the keen gardener. We can’t expect every reader to become as passionate about gardening as Felicity, but there are many useful little nuggets of information to be found in these pages – in addition to Felicity’s often humorous anecdotes that have made her such a well-loved island character…
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