Garden Maintenance

Maintaining a garden is a more or less constant task, whether you are just keeping it tidy or planning major changes. If you find yourself avoiding going outside because you just don’t know where to begin, or you are working from dawn to dusk to keep things under control, it might be time to re-assess how you go about maintaining your garden. By being realistic, working out how much or how little you want to do, maybe getting help with the major jobs and using the right tools you can transform what might otherwise be a chore into a pleasure – and that’s what gardening should be. Every gardener should have unpressured pottering time in the garden and perhaps even the occasional sit down!

That’s why you will find the articles below a useful resource for keeping on top of your garden.

Why Summer Pruning is a Good Idea

Summer pruning isn’t always risky and sometimes it really is a better option than winter pruning. One of the main difference between pruning in the winter and pruning in the summer is that you can...MORE

Types of Topiary

A brief guide to the ten most popular types of topiary and how to look after them.MORE

The Chelsea Chop

The Chelsea Chop can be used on some of your perennials to extend the flowering period. Do it around the end of May when the Chelsea Flower Show takes place.MORE

Fan Trained Trees

Fan-training is another type of espalier which is well suited to figs,cherries and peaches as well as a number of soft fruits like gooseberry,redcurrant and whitecurrant.MORE

single U Cordon espalier trained against a fence

Prune like a pro

The operation of pruning is as broad as your imagination. A number of patterns that have been developed are proven to lead to increased fruit production. In this guide we take a look at some of the most popular Espalier patterns.MORE