Winter flowers and scents

Winter flowers and scents

February is often quite a gloomy time and year, and the garden can look quite uninviting. However, if you are brave enough to venture out you will find that quite a few flowering shrubs produce delicate flowers which can cope with the winter conditions; some having...
Overwintering half hardy plants

Overwintering half hardy plants

It has been such a mild autumn that many of the trees and shrubs in the garden are still holding onto their leaves. I have been picking half hardy flowers from the cutting garden until this week. However, we are now starting to get some frosts at night so the time has...
Britain’s Best Lawn?

Britain’s Best Lawn?

Paul’s lawn has been shortlisted for Briggs and Stratton’s Britain’s Best Lawn 2014 – we’re really pleased, and it would be great if we got enough votes on their facebook page to win! If you get have enjoyed or admired the lawns at...
Autumn Lawn Care

Autumn Lawn Care

Autumn is nearly upon us and with the cooler, damper weather it’s time to consider preparing your lawns (and lawncare machinery) for the winter. These are some of the things you should be thinking about: Raise the mower blade height by about half an inch (12mm) or so...