This month is when I will be completing all the Rose pruning on our roses for all the tips on how to do this, check out my blog post hereContinuing on with the pruning theme I also have some deciduous trees and stone fruit to...
I have just spend a rainy day planning, researching, sketching, sourcing materials and selecting plants for our next stage of planting at the garden at the Berkshires.I have a few large areas to plant out that probably won’t happen until next year but Im starting...
If you only do one thing in your garden this winter try to MULCH IT! Your garden will thank you for it in the warmer months. Ideally before mulching try to remove as many weeds as possible. Mulch will have many benefits for you in...
Succession Planting means you plant out a space with a variety of plants that can grow together happily, give you more options to harvest for a greater length of time. It makes the most out of the space. When I design a garden I always...
Hopefully you have had a chance to spend some time in the garden in the past month. It has definitely been the perfect weather to be out working in the garden.I will be planting my spring bulbs soon as mentioned in the last newsletter here...
Its a busy time in the garden at the moment. I love the crisp mornings they seem to give me energy and encouragement to get working in the garden. Time spent now in the garden will be well spent to prepare you garden for the...
These are my top 5 flowering plants for the garden in Autumn. All of which are suitable to pick and use as a cut flower.Sedum "Autumn Joy" And Sedum "Matrona" "Autumn Joy" has bright green foliage with green to cream buds opening to a bright pink before...
As a gardener I am always thinking or preparing for the upcoming garden planting season. Now is the time to really focus on what you want to achieve this year in the garden. The weather is too hot to do a lot of large -...
-Mowing mowing mowing on repeat!!-Weeding is still a big job – the pesky Kikuyu runners are out of control through garden beds at the moment and I have resorted to using Fuselaid (selective herbicide) to spray out garden beds where there are not monocots (grasses)...
In Australia we have many symbolic species of plants that I always associate with Christmas. Some are truly Australian, and others follow the traditions of our northern hemisphere neighbours. The main symbolic plant of Christmas would have to be the Christmas Tree. There are many...
