• spring
  • Gardening Tips: April 2016

    Gardens are leaping into life, there is frog spawn in the ponds, hedgerows are full of birdsong and plants are now enjoying all the benefits that we are, the longer days and the warmer weather. Daylilies are up and tulips. You might notice weeds have sprung into action too but thankfully my winter work has […]

  • autumn
  • Gardening Tips: October 2015

    pumpkin for Halloween

    Cold, crisp mornings with lawns drenched in dew are now feeling normal as we head into mid-autumn. The autumn equinox has been and gone, and the days are shorter than the nights – and the pumpkins are so enormous that they are more than ready for their big night on Halloween. Gardens may feel like […]

  • local gardens
  • Gardening Tips: June 2015

    rose

    This last month has been beautiful – I have enjoyed walks in bluebell woods nearby and admired the Rhododendrons at Stody Lodge Gardens, so many amazing colours and scents and so much promise of the season to come. Summer is finally here, bringing with it warmer temperatures and longer evenings. I have enjoyed watching the […]