With a little thought our gardens can be almost as colourful in winter as other months, of course there is the amazing array of winter bedding plants in the garden centres, but if you would like to have some permanent winter colour to brighten up December and January, here are just few jewels shining out...Read More
Winter is well and truly upon us and has brought the bitter cold and harsh frosts. During this time the garden can become quite dormant and very little happens. Whilst the weather is like this winter gardening can become very difficult as there is risk of causing more damage to plants then good. When the...Read More
Autumn and Winter is the perfect time to plan your garden for the following year, with a plan all ready you can get to work straight away in the new year to put your plan into action, all ready for the summer. Holley Designs is offering a special offer for November December and January. 15% off...Read More
I am pleased to announce that we now have some videos courtesy of www.greatvideo.co.uk Mike Daly and I spent a morning dodging raindrops, waiting for planes to fly over and neighbouring chainsaws to stop and me tripping over my own feet, but thanks to editing you would never know. CLICK BELOW TO SEE OUR VIDEOS Find...Read More
My Own Garden Build. Part 5 of My own Garden Build. We finished the hard landscaping and lawn in September last year, and though out spring and summer 2014 I have been gradually filling the beds. I’m not sure I will ever be satisfied, but it has been great fun putting in plants around the...Read More
It has been some time since I gave an update to our garden build, a year on the garden is pretty much completed, here is the next installment. Some important finishing touches Our garden was really starting to take shape, we had survived the hottest part of the summer, and none of the plants we...Read More
Our last blog gave you some advice on gardening in Winter. Well, we are not packing up the winter warmers yet, but the Solstice is over, the days are getting longer and we would like to coax you out of the house and into the garden again. We must begin with the weather, of course....Read More
