Good Neighbours

24/12/2021

Wishing all our clients, old and new, a very merry Christmas and a healthy, happy New Year.

12/09/2021

Hello gardeners....long time, no 'speak'. Just like you, summer is a busy time for me. Well, now Autumn is here. You can feel the days shortening and annual flowers are almost played out. So, let's consider what's to be done in the garden.

🌷 Start planting bulbs, such as daffodils, snowdrops and tulips.
🌷 Trim lavenders after flowering.
🌷 Remove rose suckers and tie in the rambler roses that have made new growth.
🌷 Dahlias are heavy in bloom. Keep them flowering by removing dead flower heads.
🌷 Give hedges a last clip.
🌷 As the month progresses, lift the blades on the mower so that the grass is no less than half an inch long.

With any luck, there will be more sunny days to come before the month ends. Enjoy the beauty of autumn.
😃

31/08/2021

A large hedge finished.

28/08/2021

This was once a greenhouse.

28/08/2021

A little pond.

28/08/2021

Later in the season...

28/08/2021

Earlier in the season..

25/07/2021

Hello gardeners. It looks like we just might have a break from watering this week, as the forecast is changeable with regular showers!

Jobs for the coming weeks:

🌞 Continue to cut your sweet peas and remove tendrils.
🌞 Keep up with the deadheading as this will also avoid plants going to seed.
🌞 Plants are still making rapid growth and will benefit from a liquid feed to encourage a late flush of bloom, including roses.
🌞 Young shoots of wisteria can be pinched back now to five leaves.
🌞 Clematis can be propagated by pe***ng down shoots in pots of compost.
🌞 Summer flowering shrubs may be outgrowing their space. If so, now is the time to trim back.
🌞 Trim hedges now.

Enjoy the fruits of your labour. 😊

21/07/2021

21/07/2021

The glory that is buddleia in bloom.

18/07/2021

A neighbour's beautiful Mexican Fleabane.

18/07/2021

Caring for a client's much loved garden, since he's been unable to look after it himself.