Garden of Eden Landscaping

20/05/2024

What a day ☀️☀️ for working at the Wind Farm

20/06/2019

Nepeta “Six Hills Giant” 🐝 a super plant to attract bees to the garden and it flowers all summer long. I counted 8 bees on this plant🐝

15/11/2018

21/03/2018

Spring is hopefully on the way. Now is a good time to treat lawns for moss and apply a spring feed. We did some fertiliser application training with our younger employees yesterday !!

24/10/2017

09/07/2017

There are no flowers as nice as the ones you pick from your own garden. Carpet roses provide wonderful colour throughout the summer

07/05/2017

Especially bare-rooted trees and hedging planted late in the season🌳💧

19/04/2017

Creating the illusion of a dry river bed at a garden in Naas. Vinca and mixed ferns planted on the banks. Viburnum opulus seen here in the foreground provides a splash of colour for spring.

27/10/2016

19/02/2016

If you haven't already pruned your roses, now is the time to do it. Below are some general pointers to bear in mind.

Cuts should be no more than 5mm (¼ in) above a bud and should slope away from it, so that water does not collect on the bud. This applies to all cuts, whether removing dead wood, deadheading or annual pruning.

Cut to an outward-facing bud to encourage an open-centred shape. With roses of spreading habit, prune some stems to inward-facing buds to encourage more upright growth.

Cut to the appropriate height, if a dormant bud is not visible.

Cuts must be clean, so keep your secateurs sharp. For larger stems, use loppers or a pruning saw.

Cut out dead and diseased stems and spindly and crossing stems.

Aim for well-spaced stems that allow free air flow.

On established roses, cut out poorly flowering old wood and saw away old stubs that have failed to produce new shoots.

With the exception of climbing roses and shrub roses, prune all newly planted roses hard to encourage vigorous shoots.

Trace suckers back to the roots from which they grow and pull them away

17/02/2016

After a long wet winter most lawns are a little worse for wear. There was plenty of growth during winter so if you haven't already done so, cut your lawn and remove the clippings. Most lawns will be suffering from an infestation of moss due to damp conditions so now is the time to apply sulphate of iron. This will cause the moss to turn black and then die off. Follow this with a spring lawn feed and overseeding if necessary.