Helping you excel in the world of gardening art.
There’s nothing more rewarding than having a continuously blooming garden all year round, right? And the most logical way to achieve this is to choose perennial plants with a long flowering season, as well as plant varieties, which will showcase their vivid colours at different times of the year.
Do you have a shady garden? Does your little paradise require special attention when it comes to planting the right varieties and organising your flowery display in areas with more shade? Well that’s completely normal. All types of green life need different things from Mother Nature in order to survive. And if you learn to listen to your garden’s needs, you will be rewarded in the end.
So, read on to get some useful tips on how to incorporate various shade garden ideas into your landscape design and get to know your shade loving plants before you grab your flower shovel!
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With the climate changing, globally and in the UK, comes the need for adopting a different approach, regarding resource preservation, sustainable food production or renewable energy generation, for instance. And gardening, be it for food growing or to create an aesthetic environment for ourselves, is no exception. British people, especially in the South, are more and more interested in creating drought-proof gardens, which can withstand the longer and hotter summers that the country experiences every five to ten years. (more…)
Oh, look, it’s raining. Again. Your Sunday picnic plans got ruined. Again. But wait, don’t just let some vitamin D deficiency let you down. Here is an idea: why not curl up with a nice cup of tea, next to a window, so you can watch your beautiful garden? Such a wonderful sight to behold, isn’t it? But as you know, the pleasure to experience such a sensation comes with its price. You need to invest a lot of time and attention in your own personal Eden. (more…)
So, you are absolutely sure that you are watering your plants correctly. The right amount at the right intervals. Yet, they are still showing signs of malnutrition. What is going on here? Well, the problem might be hidden in the soil itself. And no, it’s not the lack of nutrients. It is the lack of microscopic water-retaining pores. You see, it’s not about whether you are watering correctly or not.
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