Lawn Care: remove 1/3 at a time

Lawn tip: never remove more than one-third of the grass blade at a time when mowing.

Garden Maintenance: Clematis

This is the ideal time to tie in shoots of climbers like clematis. as they will start growing fast soon.

Planting Design: Skimmia, Cornus & Hyacinth

Skimmia, Cornus and Hyacinth make a nice winter-Spring plant combination

Lawn Maintenance and Seeding

Repairing a client’s lawn by scarifying, raking and reseeding. If doing yourself, keep off the grass for 10 days.

North London Garden Maintenance Tips: Wisteria

Now that the ground is warming up it is time to feed your wisteria to get the best flowers.

North London Lawn Care: Scarifying tips

To scarify lawn: go over turf with a spring rake in 2 directions to remove moss. Then fertilise and seed.

Planting Design: Harden off bedding before planting

After buying bedding plants, bring them in at night and put outside on mild days to harden off before planting.

Garden Maintenance: Fix up supports for climbers

Thinking of planting a climber? Make sure supports, like wires and trellis, are fixed up before you buy one.

Plant Maintenance Tip: Peonies

Hungry peonies are starting to sprout. Feed a handful of bonemeal in the crown and top with garden compost.

Lawn Care: After winter start long and slowly reduce height

When cutting grass after a long winter, set the blades at their highest setting and work down each week.

Garden Design Ideas: Spring Planting combinations

Cornus, Heuchura and Primrose make a nice combination this time of year:

Benefits of Mulch

Did you know that mulched gardens have flowers and plants that grow more, with less weeds?