Amateur Gardening

Spring is in the air

Now is a great time to be preparing for the long bank holiday weekend at the end of the month; the perfect opportunity to spend quality time in the garden planting, prudently investing in bountiful returns.

The garden and propagation teams are now at full speed preparing for the year ahead, full of the joys of spring – bright eyed and bushy tailed. I’m cherishing this moment as, by May, we will be more wild eyed and frazzled no doubt!

Wildlife expert, Dr Chris Gibson, has been helping with ourthat inhabit it. It’s a mammoth task but Chris has been diligently tapping away and you will see that this wildlife information is making its way onto the site. We hope this will help you make even more informed decisions about the plants you choose to add to your garden.

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