Category: Horticulture

Garden Maintenance in February

February is the month when you garden starts to show the first signs of coming back to life after the go slow and dormancy of winter and because of that, it’s one of my favourite times to get outdoors and really make a difference to by sowing the seeds – literally and figuratively speaking – for the garden of your dreams.

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Garden Maintenance in January

January is actually one of the busiest months in the gardening year. We prepare for the always welcome arrival of Spring, in a few months’ time there are still some clearing, tidying and even planting jobs to do before the soil temperature drops and the risk of frost increases.

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Winter Wonderland Planting

The winter garden provides a space for serenity and pause in the cycle of life and can also bring hungry birds and other wildlife into the garden when you are planting with an eye on berries, seed heads and winter blooms.

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December To Do List gardens in Surrey

There’s something so satisfying about getting out into the winter garden this month and tackling those rewarding jobs that mean your outdoors space can take a mid winter rest before we get going again next year.

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Planting Spring Bulbs

Planting bulbs is one of those garden jobs that brings great rewards for very little time and effort on your part. That said, if you want the reward of a Springtime splash of colour in your borders and patio pots in early Spring it is worth taking the time and trouble to plant your bulbs carefully, feed them and look after them.

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Surrey garden maintenance November to do list

It might be looking a bit grey and drab out there on some of these misty November mornings but don’t be fooled, there’s plenty to do in the garden this month when as well as tidying up behind the last season, we’ve got our eye on Spring.

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October Garden Maintenance Autumn Leaves

… of red and gold and brown and yellow and bronze and crimson and pale, pale green This is the month when Autumn Leaves take centre stage and if you have thought about how to achieve seasonal colour in your garden throughout the year, then this will be the time your acer, maple, rowan, spindle and bronzing fennels all work together to transport you, in your imagination, to Vermont for the spectacle of a golden Fall.

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October! Jobs to do in the garden

It’s important to enjoy our time outdoors in whatever kind of garden we have and so when it comes to those tasks that need tackling each month, I think the best and most motivating approach is ‘little and often.’

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Snowdrops. Did you know?

The fruits of our labour are all around us at the moment as the tiny snowdrops bulbs we planted last autumn are now appearing. They give you a serious ‘bang’ for your ‘bucks‘ and look amazing naturalised with anemones and crocus bulbs.

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February Gardening Tips

It is easy to think of February as a good month to leave the garden to itself and stay out of the rain, but this time of year is so important. If you have ever looked over your garden in midsummer with a critical eye, it is hard not to see jobs you should have done in the ‘off season. That shrub that was planted too close to its neighbour, a clashing colour combination or a wall or edging strip in sore need of replacement. In the summer there is usually just too much to do to take on any remedial work, and the plants will not thank you for being moved whilst in growth.

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