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Understanding Plant Names

Understanding Plant Names

23 Sep 2023
Understanding Plant Names - I always thought learning Latin was a waste of time at school, why would I need to know how to say that Matella is laying horizontal in the hall? (…
Rose Pruning

Rose Pruning

21 Aug 2023
Rose Pruning - It’s winter once again, so it’s now time to get on to thinking about pruning your roses to maximise their health and future blooms. Pruning is an important role…
Keeping Trees Healthy

Keeping Trees Healthy

14 Aug 2023
Keeping Trees Healthy - Trees play a vital role in creating atmosphere in our outdoor spaces and when one is lost it can leave a huge hole in the garden that is expensive not …
Winter Gardening

Winter Gardening

31 Jul 2023
Winter Gardening - The temperature has certainly dropped as winter rolls on but it’s no excuse to forget about the garden. Getting out now and ticking off some gardening tasks…
House Plants In Winter

House Plants In Winter

24 Jul 2023
With winter here we can still get our green fix by bringing our gardening inside and focusing on our indoor plants.  Heating, cool breezes from windows and doors as well as ch…
How To Create Topiary

How To Create Topiary

17 Jul 2023
I love a formal garden, there’s something about the arrangement and restraint that appeals to me. Even in a looser garden a formal dome or ball shape can add a sense of struct…
Native Hedges

Native Hedges

10 Jul 2023
Hedging is often thought of as a European element in the garden, using exotic species of plants, but hedging doesn’t always have to be in a formal garden or exclusively exotic…
Creating A Woodland Garden

Creating A Woodland Garden

03 Jul 2023
Woodlands take me back to the UK where I loved walking amongst the shade but with the heat of summer well and truly with us, we can only dream of cooler times… or you could cr…
How To Dress Up A Boring Wall

How To Dress Up A Boring Wall

26 Jun 2023
Over the Christmas period, as we spend time at home with our loved ones I can guarantee, as you sit outside enjoying the garden, there will be a blank boring wall that you jus…
Getting your hedge right

Getting your hedge right

19 Jun 2023
The perfect hedge can do wonders for a garden, hiding unsightly neighbours, covering ugly fences, formalising low garden beds and even creating separate garden rooms. But how …
Common Garden Pests

Common Garden Pests

12 Jun 2023
New gardeners are often scared by the thought of having to deal with common garden pests as there are so many. Knowing exactly what the pest is can be tricky, so I find the be…
Creating A Shade House

Creating A Shade House

22 May 2023
Shade is something we all need in the middle of summer and your plants are no different, but so many gardens are suffering right now as there is just too much sun. Creating a …
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