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Things to do in the garden in March
21st Feb:
1. During this cold snap don’t forget to feed birds in the garden. There are not many berries left for the birds at this time of year and they will be laying eggs soon. The more birds the better as they help clear the garden of slugs and other garden pests.
2. Check and clean tools. This is one of those jobs that there is never time for. Now is a good time to make sure everything is washed, polished, cleaned and oiled.
3. Re pot or top dress shrubs and plants in pots and window boxes. This is the best time of year to do this, doing this before spring will give your plants and soil the nutrients for the following season and will give you a fabulous display later in the year. You can also now change your window plants from winter bedding plants to fresh spring option such as Primroses, Hellebores and Primulas.
4. Tidy herbaceous borders (prune of old stems of herbaceous plants).This is a job every gardener loves doing. It gives you so much satisfaction at the end of a day it‘s like spring cleanign the garden. Tidy plants by cutting them back and removing dead wood. Ideally mulch after and wait for spring.
5. Prune overgrown evergreens like Prunus laurocerasus (laurel), Acuba japonica (spotted laurel) Viburnum tinus Viburnum then feed with organic fertilizer and mulch with organic matter
Fertilizer=plant food
Manure =garden duvet
6. Manure borders. At this time of year your garden should be cleared of all winter leaves and tidied for spring. Once the garden is clear this is the best time to mulch your borders with fresh manure. Spring flowering bulbs will have a perfect clean and dark back drop so you be able to see them better.
Manure (composted leaves twigs and some beneficial fungi) acts like a ‘duvet’ for the ground. It helps to keep it warm and also stops those little weeds peeking through as soon as the first warmth of spring arrives. Later on in the year it can be dug in to the border which will improve the soil structure and make nutrients more accessible for the plants.
7. Apply organic fertilizers like seaweed meal, blood fish and bone and pelleted chicken manure. Applying organic fertilizers now allows it to break down and be easily accessible for hungry plants when the weather warms up and vegetation will come back to life again.
Looking for inspiration?
21st Feb:
A garden is a very important part of the house, as well as adding to the overall look and feel of your house it also adds considerable functional value as well. Often the garden is the most well taken care of place in your house, there is nothing as wonderful as relaxing in a beautiful garden, surrounded by your favourite plants and replete with comfortable outdoor furniture.
If you are thinking of doing your garden up its well worth your while coming in to the show room here at 419 New Kings Road as we have a vast range of samples out on display. You can plan your garden in every detail and see all the material samples available. In addition to the usual furniture and pots we also have wide selection of stone, paving, pebbles/cobbles, decking, batoning, trellising, fencing, paint and grass samples. To help you visualise your garden we also have a number of photo books of gardens we have created as well as gardens we have seen and admired to give you all the inspiration you need.
Please feel free to come in for a browse and chat.
New design and build process
21st Feb:
We have continued over the last few months to improve and fine tune our design and build service. We are really seeing the benefits that a thorough design process brings, both in terms of planning from our end and with regard to managing our client’s expectations. Experience is a wonderful thing and over the years we have learnt what information and questions are key in order for us to create the right design for each client. The clearer and more detailed the information at the beginning the more exceptional the garden will be at the end.
We can now provide a range of drawings from simple line drawings to 3 dimensional drawings which go a long way to helping our clients visualise the proposed garden and to see where their money is being spent. This visual aid is very useful in ironing out any issues prior to the build starting; one person’s mind’s eye picture can be very different from the next.
As a design AND build landscaping company we can overcome various issues that some garden designers and their separate contractors encounter. We are there at the inception of your dream garden so therefore understand the journey that had been taken and what your likes and dislikes are which means its quick and easy to deal with any issues.
With 50% of our design fee being waived if we build our designs too, we try to ensure the whole process from initial enquiry, through the design, planning and building stages, is as straight forward and pain free as possible. (And of course don’t forget our maintenance service too!).
Garden furniture – massive furniture sale
1st Feb:
If you have always wanted stylish Rattan garden furniture for your garden but never got round to buying it, now is definitely the time to think again. We are currently offering amazing prices on the ex display garden furniture we have in the show room at the moment. We need to clear this stock to make room for the arrival of new furniture this month, all furniture must go.
• Black Rattan Sofa set – 2 seater sofa with an arm chair and 2 foot stool/coffee table – from £500
• Rattan Coffee table with 2 chairs and 2 footstools (to create a mini lounger) – from £300
• Dinning Table and 8 chairs – from £800
• Sun lounger – from £250.00
• Cushion Box – from £250
Please call us or come in and see us if you are interested.
