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Top 5 Perennial Plants for Shade
Choosing plants for shade is a minefield depending on the levels of shade - check our post for deciding on what type of shade you have....

melaniekerr
Aug 21, 20241 min read
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Maximizing Your Garden's Potential: Understanding Planting by Aspect
Understanding the type of shade in your garden is crucial for selecting suitable plants. Determine whether you have dry shade or damp...

melaniekerr
Aug 14, 20242 min read
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Top 6 Alternatives to Traditional Box Hedging for Your Garden
Box (Buxus sempervirens) has been under attack from foreign pests and diseases. Box blight, which arrived a few years ago, has quickly...

melaniekerr
Aug 12, 20242 min read
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Resolving Garden Tree Disputes: Tips for Maintaining Peace with Neighbours
1 in 5 homeowners have been in a boundary dispute with their neighbour and the most common factor being overgrown trees and hedges that...

melaniekerr
Jun 26, 20243 min read
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How to look after your lawn this season
I guess there's one thing we love in Britain, and that's a good looking lawn and here's a handy post to help you achieve it! So many...

melaniekerr
May 29, 20242 min read
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Planting Plans... Where to start!
Do you have a blank canvas of a garden or simply need to revamp a section of your garden? Planting plans and designing a border from...

melaniekerr
May 15, 20241 min read
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Why Electric Gardening Tools are the Future: Saying Goodbye to Petrol-Powered Equipment
Exploring the Debate Surrounding Petrol-Powered Gardening Tools in the Wake of Environmental Concerns With environmental issues...

melaniekerr
Apr 17, 20243 min read
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Ground Elder - How to tackle it organically
What is it? Ground elder, also known as Aegopodium podagraria, is a rapidly growing perennial plant that spreads quickly to create a...

melaniekerr
Mar 27, 20242 min read
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TASK Training Academy - Landscaping & Land based Courses
I was delighted to be asked to come to a open day at Task to learn about their industry and public land based courses. Led by Rupert...

melaniekerr
Mar 2, 20243 min read
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Essential Tips for Caring for Box Plants in Your Garden
Fungal Attack: Box (Buxus sempervirens) has been under attack from foreign pests and diseases. Box blight, which arrived a few years ago,...

melaniekerr
Feb 27, 20243 min read
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Our Top Tips for Successful Spring Garden
Job to do in the Garden 1. If you don't have acidic soil, ericaceous shrubs, such as rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias and pieris will...

melaniekerr
Feb 13, 20242 min read
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Check out our Gardening Kit Recommendations
All our gardening tools , handy equipment and machinery recommendations in one handy place! This is an affiliate blog so if you click...

melaniekerr
Jan 24, 20243 min read
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Protect Yourself Whilst Gardening: Our Must-Have PPE Recommendations
We're going to start with the gardening PPE that we use to make sure our Bristol gardens keep us out of a&e! So lets start with hands, as...

melaniekerr
Dec 4, 20233 min read
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Winter Gardening
Winter does not mean that your garden has to become a no-go zone. We do not believe that a garden needs to be ‘put to bed’ as there are...

melaniekerr
Dec 4, 20233 min read
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Garden Design - Why its important.
We would suggest the garden master plan is an invaluable document in order to create a garden with a clear structure, which is...

melaniekerr
Oct 22, 20232 min read
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Planting Plans - My top 3 Planning Tips for Transforming your Space
TOP TIP 1: Know your garden! Understanding everything about your garden is key to all of the planning - For example: What is the aspect...

melaniekerr
Sep 20, 20232 min read
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