It’s very easy just to carry on with your garden as it is but I find at this time of year, as you clear up the borders, finish the last bit of pruning, weed out the unwanted or desired plants. It’s time to have a hard long look and think about what you have and…
Tag: plants
Having fun with alpines
Using broken pots to create a home for alpines
Things to do in the garden this weekend
Well I thought I would start up this to do list but do it on a slightly different slant. That being, showing you some of the work carried out by me and my team in the last week. Hopefully it will inspire you to have a go in the garden this week and have a…
Pruning Rosa Rugosa roses
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…
Roses, the plant of love!
Roses have been a symbol of love for many thousands of years. Some people think it could of be back as far as roman times. The Roman god Venus, the goddess of love, favourite flower was indeed a rose. This lead to the fresh petals of the fragrant Rosa gallica, being spread over the beds…
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 26th of May
Another busy week in the sun, well mostly sun and warm, ideal for hoeing off the weeds and dying in a few minutes, one of my favourite jobs is hoeing, that feeling of going though the bed, in a smooth calm action, with the sun on your back, only thing that beats it, is of…
Davidia involucrata
This weeks Plant is the stunning handkerchief tree or white dove tree, Davidia, find out more about this Beautiful tree
Six on Saturday- 19th of May 2018
6 stunning things happening in my garden today on the 17th of May 2018