Watch out for Hedgehogs

Please look out for hedgehogs and other wildlife when using strimmers and other garden machinery. Leave a small patch of leaves and organic material for them to hide and make a home.

North London Garden Design Ideas: Pleached Trees

A row (or two) of pleached trees make a great privacy screen in an urban garden.

Wisteria Pruning North London

Time to prune Wisteria: Cut back last season's long growth to 2-3 buds at base.

The best gardens mulch!

Mulch, Mulch, Mulch! Arguably the best investment you can make in garden

Remember to feed when you prune

Plant tip: Plants that require hard pruning also need generous feeding. Apply slow release fertiliser to hedges, clematis, and hydrangeas.

The Hampstead Gardner Maintenance

Now is the time to Jet spray paths and patios or scrub with soapy water to clear off algae and winter slime and disinfect.

The Hampstead Gardner: 8 Benefits of Mulching

The Hampstead Gardner: Tips for Mulching

8 Benefits of Mulching

1. Temperatures Less Extreme: Keeps soil warm in winter and cool in summer.

2. Retains Water: Less watering means more water saved and healthier plants

3. Prevents Erosion: Level landscape and improved soil quality.

4. Natural Nutrients Decompose: Environmentally friendly way of enriching the soil.

5. Easier Maintenance: Even and lightweight surface.

6. Reduces Weed Growth: Less mainenence (lower on-going gardening costs) & better looking

7. Protects plants: Shields roots from harsh weather.

8. Tidy Landscape: Improves the look of your garden.

Garden Maintenance: Winter Heather

Trim back winter heather now to keep them dense. Remove flowers but not old wood because it doesn't grow again.

Garden Maintenance: Cornus & Salix Pruning

Prune willows grown for their ornamental stems now. Cornus and Salix produce the best colour on 1-year-old stems. Prune Cornus, Rubus and Salix hard, about 1-2 buds of last growth to leave a stub framework for next year's growth.

Primrose Hill Trees

The trees are starting to bloom on Primrose Hill. Welcome Spring!

Plant Maintenance tip: Ferns

If you like bold fern fronds, put a handful of bonemeal around the crowns now and put garden compost on top

Garden Maintenance: Fushias

Shorten back & remove dead/wispy shoots from fushias. If stem is dead, cut down to regrow. Feed generously.