Category: Blog
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Spring will come!
here’s something to cheer you up with this miserable weather- as spring will come sometime!
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Winter beauties
The russet tones of winter can be enchanting in their own right – and if the plants are not cut back until spring this provides a habitat for the wee beasties too!
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Creating a landscape garden
from a field to a garden – and these are just the beginnings! Landscaping by Bill Collins
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Access friendly garden
If you are wheelchair bound getting around some gardens is impossible landscaping by Brian MacLennan of Urray Maintenance
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Finding treasure
Some gardens produce amazing finds. I am working at a lovely garden project in Elgin at the moment and look what was found digging up an area to create a border! (The stone – of course – the dog is for scale!) This will be used as a stunning part of the design of the…
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spare plants
Is your garden established and overflowing with plants that are outgrowing their space? All your friends gardens are already full with these plants too? Here are a couple of options to get flowers to other people’s gardens: You could go on freecycle and/or facebook and advertise them there (for free) or – if you have…
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Taking time out
Taking time out – even or maybe especially in the busy spring time is really important. We do, in the end, create gardens for ourselves, so we should sit down and enjoy them too – not just weed and dig and prune – though that’s obviously important too! Do you have enough seating in your…
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Wildlife friendly garden transformation
I’m delighted with all the help that Konia has given us for our garden. It’s a process that began last summer with an initial visit from Konia to my garden. Lots of ideas came out of that visit and a list of work required. Konia also provided details of local tradespeople who would do the work…
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The frogs are here!
Every year I start of with the best intentions of keeping a garden diary. I note when the first frogs arrive for spawning and also which vegetables I am growing in which bed (makes it easier for crop rotation). But then it all falls by the wayside – as work and my own garden keep…