One of the most common questions I was faced with while working in garden centre retail was ‘Can this plant be grown in a container?’. Continue reading
Author: StaceyKath
T H E – F O W N H O P E – L I F E – P L O T \ The 5 P’s & Your Seeds.
We’ve all made them and some of you may have already broken those new year resolutions…go on, admit it, I know I have! However one new year resolution of mine is to be better prepared and organised in my garden for the coming year and there is no better time to tackle this than January.
T H E – F O W N H O P E – L I F E – P L O T \ Rhubarb Forcing
First off, I must confess Rhubarb is by far not my favourite vegetable. I will begrudgingly swallow down mouthfuls of crumble out of Continue reading
J A N U A R Y \ Gardening To Do’s
The new year has arrived! We have all over-gorged ourselves over the festive period and those age old resolutions are being reset. Our gardens lay dormant, sleeping as the frosts set in, but here are 10 top jobs that can be done this month to begin:
[1] Dig out those ever faithful garden tools Continue reading
S K G D \ Bespoke Christmas Wreaths
A wreath is more than a ring of evergreen foliage for your front door! It is the first hearty, merry welcome to all who arrive at your home. Treat yourself and your festive guest to a specially designed christmas wreath this year!
For Christmas 2016, SKGD will be creating a collection of hand crafted door wreaths using willow, moss and top quality noble fir. Each wreath will embody one of three key Christmas trends highlighted by StaceyKath for 2016.
•Victorian heritage•
•Northern heights•
•Winter hedgerow•
Are you one of those unfortunates to have a door whose shop bought wreaths disappear in its expanse? Do not fret! Click below and start the ball rolling on an exclusively designed, made to measure, wreath.
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Plant of the Month: October
Fall is here. The nights are drawing in earlier each day. The blue skies and sunny days haven’t quite disappeared but there is a distinctive winter chill in the air. In the garden the herbaceous borders across the country our winding down and the winter shrubs are taking centre stage.
It’s not too late to be planting, moving or introducing new plants into the garden. The ground below is still warm from the summer sun. This is the perfect time for new plants to establish themselves firmly amongst the borders, building their root system through the winter, ready to make an entrance in the spring.
Here in Fownhope we have welcomed a couple of new arrivals into our garden hedge. A pair of chirpy winter Robins who have set up home and seem to be rather fond of fruit cake.
My plant of the month for October has to be:
Plant of the Month: September
Summer seems to be coming to a close as quickly as it arrived. With most of the summer time herbaceous revellers finishing their performances, many devious deciduous tree’s have begun dropping their leaves. The days are ever shortening, with the nights steadily getting cooler. Though you can still catch in the air the whiff of the odd last summer BBQ!
Now is the time to make any big changes in the borders. The plants have done their growing above ground and are now winding down for the winter. With the ground still warm, now is the perfect time to move or divide any perennials, shrubs or young trees that need relocating. This will give them time to settle into their new homes and help them establish new roots over the winter.
My plant of the month for September has to be:
Fuchsia’s Continue reading
Bring your garden indoors.
Many of you, I am sure, will have been inspired by Monty on Gardeners World Friday night to have a go at your own flower arrangement. A fabulous flower arrangement can breathe life into Continue reading
Plant of the Month: August
Summer gardens are just reaching their peaks and my plant of the month for August has to be one that truly reaches heights.
I have the fortune of working for a nursery who supplies plants nationwide and daily get to see oceans of beautiful plants all ready to be shipped off to garden centres and supermarkets.
My plant of the month for August is:
Delphinium highlander ‘Cha Cha’
These cottage favourites have sturdy flower spikes that rise high into the air adorned with graceful tightly shut flower heads poised, ready to Continue reading
Plant of the Month: July
To begin I must type my apologies to those who may have been awaiting Junes thrilling instalment of ‘plant of the month’. Alas we were moving house, away from the bustling heart of Hereford City out into Continue reading
