Plants To Add Colour To The Winter Garden 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 …
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 …
7 Easy Assemble Gardening Raised Bed Kits More of you are deciding to have a go at growing your veg and fruit, some of you may have plenty of experience in doing so, others are novices veg growers, either way raised beds are a popular way of using space in your garden or vegetable plot. …
Funky Veg Kit by Plant Theatre With the current world wide situation of lockdowns and uncertainty, many of you are trying your hand at gardening for the first time. The trend in sowing, growing and enjoying home grown vegetables has grown exponentially in the last few months. I hope to help and inspire you …
What Jobs To Do In The Garden In June Summer has arrived, the days are longer, warmer, brighter. Lots of beautiful perennial plants are coming into bloom, gardens are becoming a riot of life and bold colour. The grass is growing several inches per day it seems. People are asking me “what should I …
How To Plant A Hardy Perennial Border Like A Pro Have you ever visited public gardens, a friend or neighbours garden and thought… “I would love a border like that”? Well, you can, with a little know how and planning, you too, can grow perennials and have a picture perfect border full of flowers …
Don’t you just love spring and summer? I do. Each day we gain more daylight time, gardens are lush and colourful, blossom is blooming in the hedgerows, fruit trees are popping, buzzing with pollinators, it’s a wonderful time of year. Now is the time to sow the seeds for all summer blooming flowers. On warm, …
What Jobs to do in the Garden in May “Cherry pink and Apple Blossom white” As April comes to a close, we enter what is possibly one of our prettiest months. The first of May in the UK and most of the West is known as May Day and marks the end …
What Jobs To Do In The Garden In April Spring is officially here, we’ve had the spring Equinox and British Summertime has begun. Nature is of course well ahead of any human intervention. She has been showing us Springtime for many a week. Trees are budding vivid green, daffodils are dancing cheerfully, birds are …
