What Jobs To Do In The Garden In April Spring is officially here, we’ve had the spring Equinox and British Summertime has begun, which means I am looking around my garden now for priority jobs and thinking ahead to what jobs to do in the garden in April. Now that the days are longer …
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Best Plants for Hanging Baskets
Best Plants For Hanging Baskets I am often asked what are the best plants for hanging baskets. There are many to choose from and your own favourite bedding plants and trailing plants will probably fit the bill perfectly. There is something quite wonderful about seeing a hanging basket or half wall basket brimming over with …
15 Best Night Scented Plants For A Scent Garden
15 Best Night Scented Plants For A Scent Garden I don’t know about you but I love to spend time in my garden as the sun starts to set in the evening, I sit back and enjoy some of the best night scented plants for a scent garden. I can relax after a busy day, …
Plants For Spring Colour
Plants For Spring Colour Welcome Spring with Open Arms Spring is on her way…at least she is here in the UK. I want to talk about some staple plants for spring colour, perennial plants and shrubs that will soon start to give glorious colour, fragrance and joy to your spring garden and with love and …
10 Steps To A Perfect English Cottage Garden Design
10 Steps To A Perfect English Cottage Garden Design The quintessential English cottage garden design remains a firm favourite with many gardeners. Overflowing, curved borders are quite simply a joy to behold. Planted to look natural and wild they are the perfect antidote to regimented precision. Imagine a profusion of floriferous plants all a …
What should I do in the Garden in March? Jobs to do
What Jobs To Do In The Garden in March There are plenty of jobs to do in the garden in March as this is a busy month in our gardens but if we can do certain things now we give ourselves a good head start. March is a time for growth and new beginnings. …
Is your Garden Spring Time Ready?
Is Your Garden Spring Time Ready? As a gardener I am completely in tune with the seasons, in the dark winter there is less to do in our gardens and on cold wet evenings I love to cosy up in front of a roaring fire with a warm drink, perusing seed and plant catalogues, …
What Jobs to do in the Garden in January
What Jobs to do in the Garden in January Hello to all you hardy gardeners who like to enjoy the outdoors doing something worthwhile and wondering what jobs to do in the garden in January. January hails the start of the year. Time for reflection and making plans for the year ahead. There is …
Top 7 Gardening Trends 2021
Top 7 Gardening Trends 2021 There is one thing that stands out from my Top 7 Gardening Trends 2021 and that is that they reflect people’s growing interest in gardening in general. I am not the kind of person to always follow fashion religiously, particularly when it comes to gardening. There are too many lovely …
Plants for Winter Colour
Plants For Winter Colour Before I say a fond farewell to Winter and embrace the coming spring with open arms, I want to introduce some ideas and thoughts for Plants for Winter Colour. Some of the plants and shrubs that I suggest for your winter garden are also plants for winter fragrance. They defy …