Category: Blog

  • Spring will come!

    here’s something to cheer you up with this miserable weather- as spring will come sometime!

  • 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!

  • Creating a landscape garden

    from a field to a garden – and these are just the beginnings! Landscaping by Bill Collins

  • Access friendly garden

    If you are wheelchair bound getting around some gardens is impossible landscaping by Brian MacLennan of Urray Maintenance

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…