July casts a magic spell over gardens, so that no matter how neglected or sorry a bit of earth is, it’s sure now to be bursting with poppies and daisies and all kinds of colourful midsummer flowers. I love to see a surprise sunflower shoot up in the borders! As the mad summer growth fills […]
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Gardening Tips: June 2015
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 […]
Gardening Tips: January 2015
It may be one of the coldest months of the year but it’s so beautiful – I love the bright red stems of the dogwood, the berries on the holly and Skimmia, the feathery silhouettes of trees now bare of leaves, the rusty colour of ferns dying back. My customers’ gardens are full of life […]