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Late spring colour heading into Summer

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Jun 11, 20240 min read

Some spring plants doing their thing

Cotinus coggygria Royal purple Berberis darwinii ccontinues

Oliver P

Apr 25, 20241 min read

More scarifying from last month

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Apr 25, 20240 min read

A lawn in a garden in Pilton after scarifying and fertilising a few weeks later

Oliver P

Apr 25, 20240 min read

A bit of a marmite plant,but I quite like Cordyline australis,as do sparrows and starlings

A before and after of removing the old flower stems and loose brown leaves that land everywhere

Oliver P

Oct 4, 20231 min read

Lots of hedge cutting being done over the last few weeks

Oliver P

Oct 2, 20230 min read

Some perennial and shrub colour during the rainy summer

Kniphopfia Alcazar Hemerocallis Chicago sunrise hydrangeas were good this year! Two’s company

Oliver P

Sep 5, 20231 min read

Taming another climber and more late spring colour

Never realised Actinidia kolomikta had scented flowers before,planted this one about15 years ago,a relative of the Kiwi fruit Love these...

Oliver P

May 22, 20231 min read

More colour appearing in the gardens

A wisteria I have looked after for over 20 years, it has had to put up with a few hard cut backs during that time

Oliver P

May 22, 20231 min read

lawn greening up for Spring!

Scarified, and overseeded and fertilised 3 weeks ago

Oliver P

Apr 2, 20231 min read

Treating some slippery steps

Used a hard surface biocide rather than pressure washer here as the bricks were laid with Lime mortar

Oliver P

Apr 2, 20231 min read

Scarifying

some thatch and moss removal from last week

Oliver P

Mar 20, 20231 min read

Cleaning up

Pressure washing a questionable surface at a lovely property yesterday

Oliver P

Mar 14, 20231 min read

Sunshine On A Rainy Day

At last! Some much needed sunshine yesterday...

Oliver P

Feb 16, 20231 min read

De-Leafing

Last of the de-leafing of the lawns last last year, now on to preparing the borders for this year and a favourite plant of mine hamamelis...

Oliver P

Feb 16, 20231 min read

A Walk Around Marwood Gardens

A lovely, inspirational visit to Marwood Hill Gardens today for the snowdrop walkabout. #snowdrops #marwoodhillgardens

Oliver P

Feb 16, 20231 min read

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Late spring colour heading into Summer

Some spring plants doing their thing

More scarifying from last month

A lawn in a garden in Pilton after scarifying and fertilising a few weeks later

A bit of a marmite plant,but I quite like Cordyline australis,as do sparrows and starlings

Lots of hedge cutting being done over the last few weeks

Some perennial and shrub colour during the rainy summer

Taming another climber and more late spring colour

More colour appearing in the gardens

lawn greening up for Spring!

Treating some slippery steps

Scarifying

Cleaning up

Sunshine On A Rainy Day

De-Leafing

A Walk Around Marwood Gardens

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