Well as the weather is bad I have managed to catch up on some website work and blogs as i have been so busy the last few months. So here is one of the gardens I designed and built in the late summer. It is a Japanese themed garden that I took on after the initial landscaping had been done. The client was very pleased with the garden but wanted to give a more japanese feel  to the top part  as it wasn’t really being used and was at the top of a very steep garden. As the top garden has very little
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At last your garden has finally started to come to life, with lush green foliage everywhere. Even the most reluctant of plants should have started to grow. We appear to be having April showers now in May so lawns will probably need to be cut once a week to keep them looking good. It is also the perfect time to fix poor parts of the lawn with top dressing and grass seed or turf. Plants in pots will require regular watering as there will be lots of new growth and it can be quite dry in May. Dead head all
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  The garden here is starting to take shape after a slight delay as we decided to get the vegetable bed built first in time for this year’s crop to be planted. All the excavation has finally been completed after finding the ground is made of rock (not soil) and had a large metal reinforced strip of concrete running through it that had to be removed. All the rubble and hardcore has been put to one side and the sleeper wall has started to be constructed, so it should start coming together pretty quickly now. Fingers crossed it will stay
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  Despite the terrible weather we have been experiencing over the last few months, we have finally finished the pond reconstruction in Zeal. It is full (not surprisingly) and settling ready for restocking in late spring which completes the long awaited regeneration of this once much loved and beautiful garden. If you are after great service and cost effect garden design, landscaping or maintenance please call us on 07515 481501 or get in touch via our contact form  
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  So spring should be well underway now but unfortunately it has been set back a bit as a result of this horrible extended winter weather. It appears to be warming up slowly but that will bring the infamous April showers. However if you can find a dry warm day to get out in the garden then there is plenty to be getting on with. Lawns should be in full growth now even if it has been cold and should really be cut on a weekly or fortnightly basis. Other spring lawn maintenance tasks should be undertaken such as spiking,
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  So at long last it looks to be drying up, the days are getting longer and the garden is showing signs of life, all we need is it to warm up a bit. Now your borders have dried up they can be dug over, and soil improvers and fertiliser added to encourage new healthy growth. It is a good time of year to mulch the borders (if this has not already been done) to suppress the onset of early weeds. Please continue to feed garden birds as there is very little natural food around this time of year. In
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So spring is just around the corner! There are limited jobs to do in February but quite a lot of things starting to happen so if you are brave enough then venture out and have a look! If the ground is dry (which it probably isn’t) then the soil will benefit from being dug over and a fertiliser added to roses, fruit trees, ornamental trees, shrubs and perennials. Large clumps of winter bulbs can be split after flowering to help brighten up other parts of the garden next year. You can still plant bare root roses, trees and hedges but
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After 2 months of uncompromising bad weather it’s finally been dry enough to finish the restoration of this once beloved garden.  With just the pond left to rebuild it has been emptied and cleaned ready for a brand new liner to be built over the coming weeks. It will then be ready to restock the pond with fish and new plants in the spring, and restored to its former glory. Contact us today on 07515 481501 for a FREE no obligation consultation and let us help your ideas grow into a beautiful garden.
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The next large design project to get underway is the lower garden at the piggery. Over the coming months it will be transformed from an unloved patio area to a contemporary garden for relaxing and entertaining. There is a large amount of groundworks to be carried out first so a big difference should be visible pretty quickly. Contact us today on 07515 481501 for a FREE no obligation consultation and let us help your ideas grow into a beautiful garden.
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Make good use of these cold dry days and let the frost do its job of breaking down the soil. This will help make light work of digging over the borders, getting a head start for spring. Now is a good time to tidy up any remaining late flowering perennials that were left from autumn, being careful not to damage any early bulbs that may be braving the cold weather. It is also a good time of year to do a little lawn maintenance. If it is dry and not to frozen spike the lawn with a fork and brush lawn
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Why prune shrubs? Shrubs create the structure in a garden so it’s important to keep them in good condition with regular pruning. This will improve a plant’s shape and encourage flowers and fruits. What to do How and where to cut Pruning cuts are essentially wounds to the plant where disease could enter so use sharp, clean tools and make clean cuts without leaving snags. Cut close to buds, but not into them, and always above. Pruning young shrubs Early pruning helps establish a shapely shrub with vigorous, balanced growth. Most evergreen shrubs do not need thinning or formative pruning.
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Proper mowing is one of the most important practices in keeping your lawn healthy. Grasses are like most plants — if you clip off the growing points (for grass, it’s in the crown, where the new leaves develop), the plants branch out and become denser, which in this case, turns thousands of individual grass plants into a tightly woven turf or a lawn. If you didn’t mow at all, your yard would look more like a prairie than a lawn. But the mere act of mowing isn’t what makes a lawn look good. Mowing height and mowing frequency determine how healthy
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