Gardening For Better Health And Wellbeing This year has been difficult and stressful in many ways. There has also been many positive outcomes too, one of which is that more people have taken to gardening. I want to express a warm welcome to all the new gardeners out there, I am sure that you …
Fantastic Foliage Plants For Your Garden I don’t know about you but when I first started gardening, I was all about the flowers, instant colour and impact. I never considered foliage plants for your garden. I bought plants that were in bloom, a trick garden centres use to reel in the unwise. Playing on a …
Gardening With Heirloom Seeds and Plants With many struggling through this years restrictions and lock downs, gardening has become a saving grace for a lot of people, myself included. You achieve an even bigger sense of calm and satisfaction when gardening with heirloom seeds and plants, in this article I will explain why. If …
Wildflower Garden Ideas Who doesn’t love a wildflower meadow or a swathe of wild colour by the roadside? Or a ripe cornfield dotted with scarlet poppies? Who recalls, as a child making daisy chains or holding a buttercup under their chin to test whether they like butter? Or told the time by blowing away …
Choosing The Best Cutting Flower Garden Plants We all love to see a colourful display of flowers, arranged beautifully in vases, bowls, jugs, urns or any other decorative pot. We are enthralled by rich, exotic and flamboyant wedding and celebratory flowers in venues, churches and bouquets but have you ever tried to develop and …
Easy Low Maintenance Garden Ideas We all lead busy lives, juggling careers, children, family, entertainment and work commitments which means we don’t always have a lot of time to spend gardening or looking after our outdoor space. Some may not even particularly enjoy gardening but wish for their space to look inviting, they still desire …
12 Cool Handmade Gifts For Gardeners Are you looking for gifts for the garden lover in your life? Or do you simply love quirky garden-themed items for yourself? Whilst searching for a gift for a friend I came across these cool, handmade gifts for gardeners from the Etsy pages. I decided to share them here …
What To Do On A Staycation In the current lockdown situation here in the UK and in Europe and further afield, many of us have are experiencing an enforced staycation. People are off work unless they are key workers or they cannot work from home and have to go to their workplace. With all …
14 Best Garden Hand Tools For Beginners If you’ve been bitten by the gardening bug and are just starting to learn about plants and gardens, you may have found that there is an untold amount of gardening tools to choose from. Some you will recognise, some you may never have seen or even heard of. …
Best Plants To Combat Pollution In Your Garden Pollution Absorbing Plants for a Greener Garden, making your outdoor space, brighter, cleaner and better for you. In a world full of pollution we can all do our bit to improve our own space, to make the air around us cleaner. Plants are a vital element …
