Fabulous Gardens

Fabulous Gardens 35 Years experience of transforming and maintaining gardens
Garden maintenance including:

Lawn cut
(1)

Get ready with these new season decorative wreaths Packed with autumn colours to brighten up your home. 30cm grape vine ...
03/08/2026

Get ready with these new season decorative wreaths Packed with autumn colours
to brighten up your home.

30cm grape vine wreaths

£22 each

Collection from Thornes. WF2

24/06/2026

This weather is challenging for us all but your plants are extremely vulnerable; especially those in pots, baskets and greenhouses.

Water them in the evening or very early in the morning.
Try to avoid watering the leaves this can cause scorching. Water them deeply. If you just sprinkle water on the top the plant won’t send roots down deeper to look for water and that plant will depend on you to bring the water. Deep watering can cut your watering time down as you won’t have to do it as often and as mentioned the roots will follow the water deeper.

If you’ve a green house keep the door open day and night. I have a ‘trellis’ door to stop unwelcome pests going in. I also take a pane of glass out at the opposite gable end to help with air flow. Add shading to the roof, too much direct sun will push the temperature up beyond the 40’s. My greenhouse hit 42 this morning so an old blanket has been placed over the top and the temperature dropped by 4 degrees.

I’m afraid the lawn is last on the list and I don’t water it. It will go brown and look terrible but it WILL come back as soon as we get rain.

Take care; if you do need to be doing any gardening pick the cooler times of day.

This week it was time to dead head the lilac. I wish they lasted longer as the perfume is delicious and they look stunni...
30/05/2026

This week it was time to dead head the lilac. I wish they lasted longer as the perfume is delicious and they look stunning.

When deadheading it’s important to only cut back to where you see a cluster of leaves UNLESS you are reshaping the tree.

Lilac flower on the previous years growth so if you chop thst off you miss flowers the following year.

If you need to drastically reduce the tree you either bite the bullet and accept you won’t have flowers the following year OR you can cut a third of the branches so you still get two thirds with flowers, then do another third the following year and so forth.

Top tip for you while we have this very hot weather. I use an old pop bottle with the bottom cut out and push it upside ...
26/05/2026

Top tip for you while we have this very hot weather.

I use an old pop bottle with the bottom cut out and push it upside down into the soil next to my tomatoes. I secure it with a bamboo cane. When I water, I fill the pop bottle up and it will slowly drain down into the soil near to the tomato roots AND I know exactly how much water they have had.

This one is a 3 litre old lemonade bottle. At the moment with soaring temperatures I’m watering every other day and the plant gets 3 litres. Tomatoes really need consistency with watering. If you forget and give them a huge water after a drought you could end up with the fruits splitting or get blossom end rot.

Another top tip is to provide some shade at the sunniest point of the day. My greenhouse hit 44 today! That’s too much for things like cucumbers and aubergines, a little shade helps the water loss through evaporation. Im using sheets of paper to screen but have ordered some proper greenhouse shading fabric which goes over the greenhouse and will be much easier to manage.

There’s always something you need. 😃

Whilst waiting for the materials to make more artificial hanging baskets; I thought I’d make a few more spring/summer wr...
02/05/2026

Whilst waiting for the materials to make more artificial hanging baskets; I thought I’d make a few more spring/summer wreaths.

They are £15 each, if you’d like one please get in touch 😊

You know what it’s like. You’ve all those good intentions, this year will be different, you won’t forget. Well why not t...
22/04/2026

You know what it’s like. You’ve all those good intentions, this year will be different, you won’t forget.

Well why not take an easier option and get an artificial hanging basket this year?

No more worrying about remembering to water, or who’s going to look after them while your away, no more hose pipe ban stopping you.

These bright and cheery artificial hanging baskets are available in:

Purple and pink
Purple, pink and red.

Lots of luscious greenery and cascading flowers will brighten up your outdoor space. Pop them up on your bracket and you’re done.

£15 each.

If you would like one please get in touch. 😊

Tomato plants now ready for collection. These seedlings must not be planted out yet, wait until at least the first week ...
10/04/2026

Tomato plants now ready for collection.

These seedlings must not be planted out yet, wait until at least the first week in May to avoid late frosts, unless they are going into a heated greenhouse.

Keep them on a sunny window ledge and watch them grow.

Available this year:

• Sunchocola - red/chocolate brown flesh with a slight smoky, sweet tangy flavour

• Sungold – exquisitely sweet, small yellow orange tomatoes.

• Sweet Million – heavy cropper producing delicious shiny cherry sized tomatoes
Stripey - a salad sized tomato with yellow/orange stripes
Principle Borghese - Italian vine tomato with small yegg shaped fruits. Ideal for salads. Great
St. Pierre - traditional and tasty French heirloom variety with large and quite fleshy tomatoes. Very prolific, belong to the beefsteak varieties
Shimmer -an attractive looking tomato with bronze and light red streaks. More conical shape. Slightly larger than a cherry tomato.

All varieties are £1.00 each or 6 for £5

These bright and eye catching 30cm wreaths will look great on your door through spring and dinner. £15 each Last 6 avail...
05/04/2026

These bright and eye catching 30cm wreaths will look great on your door through spring and dinner.

£15 each

Last 6 available, don’t miss out.

Have a lovely Easter. 😊

I just love making these beautiful spring/summer wreaths. Here’s a few more available. If you’d like one they are £15 ea...
31/03/2026

I just love making these beautiful spring/summer wreaths.

Here’s a few more available.

If you’d like one they are £15 each, please get in touch

Thank you.

No im not going crazy posting Christmas wreaths for sale. I just wanted to show you my wreath made in November2025. No I...
31/03/2026

No im not going crazy posting Christmas wreaths for sale. I just wanted to show you my wreath made in November2025.

No Ive not had it on my house door all this time. I put it on my shed door after Christmas

Why, well when I make Christmas wreaths one of the questions I get asked a lot is ‘Will it last until Christmas’ and ‘do I need to keep it sprayed with water’.
Well as you can see this is now 4 months old and has never been sprayed with water unless it caught a rain shower. So YES, your Christmas wreath will last long after Christmas without any care or attention.
Guess I now need to strip it down and remove it, shame, it still looks good. 😊

Address

Thornes
Wakefield
WF2

Telephone

+447720885632

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Fabulous Gardens posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Fabulous Gardens:

Shortcuts

Share

Category