7 secrets to choosing the perfect tree for your garden
By Kate Charles / November 14, 2024
1. Look at how big your tree will grow, and how fast it'll get there. Some trees grow quickly, some...
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7 Must-have plants for Winter Colour
By Kate Charles / October 5, 2024
Now is the time to get some new plants in the ground to improve your garden's winter colour. Year-round interest...
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Why have a lawn?
By Kate Charles / September 3, 2024
There's been a lot of talk on the Internet about whether to have a lawn. It's an ecological desert, it...
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6 ways to update your garden once the children have grown up
By Kate Charles / August 17, 2024
If the new school year has started you thinking about a garden without children in it –even if you’re not...
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12 Trees for your Small Garden
By Kate Charles / May 7, 2024
Acer palmatum ‘Aureum’ Acers (Japanese Maples) come in all shapes and sizes. The word ‘palmatum’ means ‘five leaves’ – like...
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I’m about to talk dirty to you – (but it’s not what you think!)
By Kate Charles / March 14, 2024
At this time of year, if you’ve got a raised bed in your garden for growing vegetables, chances are you...
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Three reasons why all of the plants you bought at the garden centre died
By Kate Charles / February 8, 2024
You bought the wrong plant for your soil, aspect, moisture level, or pH level - here's how to know soil...
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Seed Gathering Season
By Kate Charles / October 22, 2023
As Autumn sets in and the trees begin to turn from green to brown and drop their seeds in many...
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Bulb Planting Season!
By Kate Charles / October 2, 2023
It is bulb-planting season! How do you choose amongst the hundreds of varieties and colours? The answer is - choose...
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Three ways to attract hedgehogs to your garden (and keep them there)
By Kate Charles / September 8, 2023
Hedgehogs are in decline in the UK and as an essential part of our ecosystem both wild and suburban, it’s...
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Plastic Free July – How to go plastic free in your garden.
By Kate Charles / July 10, 2023
On the surface of it, it’s hard to see how you can eliminate plastic from your garden. Plastic pots, planting...
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Working with Water – How to incorporate water in your garden design
By Kate Charles / June 5, 2023
There are few sounds more peaceful than the sound of water, and when planning your garden, it is likely that...
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No Mow May – Give the mower a miss – your garden will thank you
By Kate Charles / May 15, 2023
If you’re a gardener you’ve probably seen or heard of No Mow May. The organisation Plantlife promotes the scheme, which...
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A swift arrival
By Kate Charles / March 27, 2023
One of the signals of summer that nature affords me every year is the arrival of Swifts after their admirable...
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Signs of spring
By Kate Charles / March 1, 2023
This week, the weather is feeling warmer and more spring-like, and I certainly welcome the signs of new life in...
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Planning the year ahead in your garden
By Kate Charles / February 6, 2023
When the Weather is so cold, it’s difficult to imagine Spring arriving with its green shoots and blossom. However it...
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RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch
By Kate Charles / January 16, 2023
The RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch is held every January. With over 38 million birds lost since 1970, it’s vitally important that...
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The 12 Plants of Christmas
By Kate Charles / December 20, 2022
The festive season would be somewhat soulless without the traditional plants of the season. Flowers, herbs, foliage, and spices which...
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Working with Water – How to incorporate water in your garden design.
By Kate Charles / November 28, 2022
There are few sounds more peaceful than the sound of water, and when planning your garden, it is likely that...
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What’s In A Name – Binomials and why they matter to every gardener.
By Kate Charles / November 28, 2022
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet” William Shakespeare...
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