February Newsletter

February Newsletter

February can be a difficult month, when it seems if it has been a long and dreary winter. On a positive note, the days are starting to lengthen, and it’s a great time to plan the gardening year – both practically in the garden, and by ordering the seeds and...
British Flowers Week

British Flowers Week

It’s British flowers week 19-25 June and we’re celebrating all things native in the garden. After a slow start due to very wet and then very hot weather, we finally have lots of summer blooms on the way meaning we will have fresh bouquets ready to buy as...
Winter Gardens

Winter Gardens

Why not take some time to have to look at the garden and see how you would like to alter things for 2017? At this time of year some gardens are open to show how you can create a ‘Winter Garden’ e.g. Dunham Massey, Admittedly, many of these gardens are very large and...
Observing & Looking After Wildlife

Observing & Looking After Wildlife

Observing and looking after wildlife is definitely on the agenda here at Fieldcrest this month. We have been watching Springwatch for the last two weeks and marvelling at all of the wonderful wildlife that we have in Britian. We are also preparing for Cheshire...
Roses

Roses

After having such a cold spring the roses here were very late getting going and flowering was delayed. However it has turned out to be a fabulous year for the roses, and many are still flowering. Now is the time to be ordering or planting roses. You can still buy...