by Sarah Johnson | Jan 8, 2022 | Garden Inspiration, Gardens, Tips & Tricks
January is traditionally the month when we decide to make changes in our lives, take up a new sport, change unhealthy habits, get motivated (eek). This is all a bit high energy for me. So my blog this month is, instead, about things in the garden that you can stop... 
by Annabel Bridge | Apr 26, 2020 | Tips & Tricks
We know that the number of people making compost during the lockdown has shot up. We thought it may help to run though the basics of what can sometimes seem a confusing subject. After all you don’t want your new compost heap to just sit there? You want it to do... 
by Annabel Bridge | Oct 24, 2019 | Autumn, Tips & Tricks
As we approach the autumn equinox another half term is almost upon us. For those of us with children, or grandchildren, or nephews and nieces, or just helping look after the neighbour’s kids while they’re at work, it can be a challenging time. There’s never enough to... 
by Annabel Bridge | May 26, 2019 | Tips & Tricks
A garden designer has been through formal training, has designed many gardens, and gets paid to design gardens. They have a reputation that they need to maintain. These are good things; ensuring you get a well-designed garden is going to be something they care about a... 
by Annabel Bridge | Sep 10, 2018 | Tips & Tricks
We are family, I got all my sisters with me. Gardeners World recently ran a short piece about how to arrange a colour scheme for a garden using a colour wheel. We’re garden designers and that got us thinking. Sometimes it’s not clear just what a Garden Designer is, of... 
by Annabel Bridge | Oct 27, 2017 | Tips & Tricks
It is widely believed that many Halloween traditions originated from ancient Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the ancient Gaelic festival of Samhain; that such festivals may have had pagan roots and that Samhain itself was Christianised as Halloween by the early...