by Neil Grant | Aug 30, 2018 | Ask the expert, Autumn, Patio Living, Spring
Spring is a time of new growth & fresh beginnings. Spring flowers bulbs such as Snowdrops, Crocus, Daffodils & Tulips are the natural way to lift your garden & yourself out of the winter blues. Spring is natures way of saying “let’s...
by Neil Grant | Jul 13, 2018 | Design and Trends, Garden Basics, Patio Living, Summer
Although summer can be very dry, when it will be essential for you to water your newly planted plants, you can make a long lasting and instant impact on your garden. Often summer gardens are very green. Spring flowering shrubs have now finished and quite honestly...
by Neil Grant | Apr 24, 2018 | Garden Basics, News, Patio Living, Plants of the Moment, Spring
The transition between winter and summer reaches it peak in April and May but not without it’s challenges. What is hardy enough to plant now? Do I wait a few weeks? Hardy Garden Plants We aim to only offer hardy garden plants that are ready to plant at the time...
by Neil Grant | Apr 17, 2018 | Garden Basics, Patio Living, Spring
The early spring can be such a frustrating time for adding colour to pots and patios. Thankfully we have amazing pansies and viola varieties due to plant breeding but the real plus is ‘Senetti’ – the saviour of cold northern springs. As the weather...
by Neil Grant | Mar 31, 2018 | Garden Basics, Kitchen Garden, Patio Living, Spring
When you pick up a plant food in the garden centre, you scan the details and there is that code NPK. What does NPK mean? Know the basic facts and change your growing success. Plant food or fertiliser (fertilizer in the U.S.) provide the nutrients for healthy plant...
by Neil Grant | Mar 1, 2018 | Patio Living, Spring, Winter
The winter of 2017/18 doesn’t want to leave us (UK). The “Beast from the East” did have a sting in it’s tail leaving the UK blanketed in snow, and London closed for a day or two. As soon as the snow has gone we all notice how awful our gardens...