Garden Guru2020-08-18T14:35:20+01:00July 28th, 2020|Categories: Design, Gardener's advices, Uncategorised|Tags: care home, fife, garden, landscaping, scotland|
Our Client was a Care Home in Fife. We were asked that the garden be low maintenance with a good space that the residents could use. Our Client was extremely happy with the space we created.
Garden Guru2020-07-17T10:55:13+01:00July 17th, 2020|Categories: Garden Maintenance, Gardener's advices|Tags: crops, feed, greenhouse, greenhouse jobs, July, ventilation, water|
Here is a list of jobs to do in the greenhouse in July: Pick all crops in the greenhouse as soon as they are ready. Water and feed all crops in the greenhouse regularly. Thin out biennial seedlings and prick out Winter/Spring bedding. Keep on top of ventilating the greenhouse and apply a further layer of [...]
Garden Guru2020-07-17T10:57:17+01:00July 16th, 2020|Categories: Design, Gardener's advices|Tags: Children, Football, Fun, Games, Gardens, Make believe, plants, strong plants|
We would like our children to have fun in the garden. We would not like to have to ask them to stop kicking a ball around, playing make believe games, or having sword fights just because we are worried of the damage that may be done to the garden plants. Here is a list of plants [...]
Garden Guru2020-07-16T12:19:14+01:00July 10th, 2020|Categories: Gardener's advices, Uncategorised|Tags: delphinium, forgetmenot, foxgloves, honesty, July, seed sowing, stocks, strelitzia, sweet rocket, wallflowers|
July with its high levels of light and warm long days is a great time for seed sowing perennials, biennials, and indoor exotic plants and, if we sow them now, they will flower next year. Here is a list of Flower Seeds to sow in July: Pansies. Delphiniums. Forgetmenots. Honesty. Stocks. Foxgloves. Strelitzia. Sweet Rocket. Wallflowers. [...]
Garden Guru2020-07-16T12:18:58+01:00July 10th, 2020|Categories: Garden Maintenance, Gardener's advices|Tags: clematis, cut flowers, garden jobs, July, lavender, philadelphus, prune shrubs, roses, things to do in the garden, wisteria|
Here is a short checklist of things 'To Do' in the Garden in July relating to Climbers, Shrubs and Trees: Cut Lavender for drying. Deadhead and prune Roses. Clip fast growing hedges and Privet. Prune Wisteria and Philadelphus. Take softwood cuttings of shrubs. Take cuttings of Clematis. And thinking ahead: Order Spring flowering bulbs from [...]
Garden Guru2020-07-16T12:16:12+01:00July 7th, 2020|Categories: Gardener's advices, Uncategorised|Tags: gooseberry, gooseberry care, harvest, recipes|
It is now a good time to harvest Gooseberries. Our garden birds really enjoy Gooseberries, so it is best to harvest them sooner rather than later or, alternatively, to protect the berries using netting. Gooseberries do not generally require much care but to ensure a good crop next year, here are some tips: - Keep the [...]
Garden Guru2020-07-16T12:18:37+01:00July 6th, 2020|Categories: Garden Maintenance, Gardener's advices, Uncategorised|Tags: bees, English lavender, french lavender, lavender, lavender harvest|
Lavender is at its peak at the moment and its a great time to harvest the Lavender flowers (whilst retaining some for the Bees) before the sun draws too many of the fragrant essential oils from the Lavender flowers. So what can we do with our Lavender? Well here are a few ideas: www.countryliving.com/gardening/garden-ideas/g1864/lavender-crafts-and-recipes/ When [...]
Garden Guru2020-07-15T16:40:48+01:00July 4th, 2020|Categories: Design, Gardener's advices|Tags: artificial grass, composite decking, garden design, gardenlandscaping, landscaping, low maintenance garden, sloping garden|
We are very pleased that we are able to post both the before and after pictures of a Client's garden which we have recently landscaped. Our Client wished for a low maintenance garden that was on one level as, the garden as was, was sloping, and we installed Artificial Grass and composite decking. Artificial Grass can [...]
Garden Guru2020-07-16T12:18:22+01:00July 2nd, 2020|Categories: Design, Gardener's advices|Tags: Alyssum, Convolvulus, Dianthus, dry plants, Dwarf Iris, Ivy, Mesembryanthemum, plants, Santolina, Sedum, troughs, Wallflower, Window boxes|
Window Boxes and troughs are often sheltered from the rain and sometimes only receive a small amount of water, unless they are watered by hand. Plants that thrive in Troughs and Window Boxes are those that like dry conditions such as:- Alyssum (Aurina Saxatilis) Wallflower - (Erysimum Cheri 'Tom Thumb' mixed) [...]
Garden Guru2020-07-16T12:17:30+01:00June 26th, 2020|Categories: Design, Gardener's advices|Tags: birds, brambles, climbing plants, honeysuckle, weeds, wildareas, wildlife, wrens|
Gardening should not all be about hard work. As Gardeners, we are on a constant journey and it is essential that we enjoy the journey and take in the scenery whilst en route. So please don't worry too much about the annoying thicket of brambles that needs cutting down or the overgrown Ivy, for these are [...]
