Rosa rugosa group of roses are some of the hardest, toughest roses that we can grow here in the uk. They take north, south, east and west facing sites. Most soil types apart from very waterlogged soils, indeed, they will grow quite happily in pure sand on the high tide mark on the beach! They…
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Small changes can reduce our environmental impact-part 2, Peat
The first part of this series, I looked at the simple ways of helping to reduce the effects of climate change on our soils. Now I am going to take a look on how we can help reduce the effects when buying or growing plants for our garden. Choosing the type of plants and how…
The Gardens of Rhs Chelsea 2018
Take a look at some of my favourite gardens from RHS Chelsea flower show 2018
Six on Saturday- 19th of May 2018
6 stunning things happening in my garden today on the 17th of May 2018
Water logged soils- what to do?
We have had so much rain of late, so what to do if your soil is waterlogged and ways of preventing or reducing the risks of it happening again and damaging your plants
Six on Saturday, 7th of April, 2018
Welcome to my six on Saturday from my clients garden garden this week, six things that are looking beautiful right here, right now!
Six on Saturday 24-02-2018
I do not believe it!!! A totally dry week here in Hampshire, one that’s flown by but still a totally dry week and what a difference seeing the sun has made. The soil is slowly drying out, as are all my work clothes and nature is springing into life so much quicker. The daffodils that…
Six on Saturday: 17.02.2018
February is disappearing rather fast now with only one more Saturday left before we hit March. The mornings are certainly much lighter and as for the evenings,it’s almost light until 6pm now. Another month and the clocks will change and spring forward, at last we will be able to do a little more in the…
Snowdrops of Hodsock Priory
A look at the stunning winter gardens at Hodsock Priory, Nottinghamshire and it’s stunning snowdrops around the garden mixed with other winter joys
Changing world of plant names, confusion or clarity
Plant names it seems are always changing but why does it happen and what’s the reasoning behind it? My brief blog takes a look at the story behind the changes