When we say ‘Queen Anne’s Lace’, we think of tall, white, umbelliferous wildflower species that proliferate and take over the English countryside in Summer, and to say ‘there’s lots’ is an understatement! You can find them pretty much everywhere in the UK, from sprucing up our roadsides to dappling the forest floors. So, when it comes to planting in your meadows, it’s nice to know which is actually which.
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As temperatures begin to rise, and life begins to return to the garden, our thoughts turn to what we need to do this Spring to get the best results for the rest of the year.
Our Care & Development team share some top tips of the season to help you prioritise the jobs in your garden.
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There’s more to Autumn than watching leaves falling and squirrels burying nuts!
It is a lovely time of year to be outside and a little time spent now tending your garden will reap rewards come the Spring-time.
Here are 5 things you can do in your garden this Autumn.
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Many of us have now set aside or made changes to some parts of our gardens to make them friendlier to wildlife.
Leaving a corner to go wild with brambles or nettles, ‘No-mow May’ or leaving leaf litter and plant debris under hedges or in beds are all ways to attract insects, small mammals and birds to our gardens. For many of us, this is just the first step on a re-wilding journey.
The true principles of re-wilding go well beyond transforming all or most of our garden into a haven for nature, however. Re-wilding means extending beyond and across boundaries to neighbouring gardens and green spaces.
To make re-wilding a reality and also a success, what’s needed is scale and size; conjoined areas of land to create a habitat for a pool of biodiversity. This is the challenge for home-owners and Garden Designers alike.
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Spring is one of the most important times of the year in the garden, with new life appearing in every corner. Birds are starting to build their nests in hedges while new shoots and buds are appearing high and low.
Now is the time to think ahead and make sure you are prepared for a full Summer show.
Get your garden Summer ready with these top Spring gardening tips.
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FACT: Gardens cover an area more than twice the size of all our national nature reserves.
FACT: One in seven of our wildlife species are heading for extinction and half are in decline.
FACT: 46% of Europe has tree cover compared with only 13% in the UK
While decisions are being made across Britain by members of the Rewilding Network about rewilding their land, as gardeners, home-owners, garden designers and landscapers, the decisions we make now can make a massive difference.
If every garden in Britain was made just a little bit wilder, more carbon could be absorbed, biodiversity increased and the impacts of climate change, like flooding, reduced.
That’s got to be a good reason to go a bit wild, so what can you do?
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Lots of people are intimidated when it comes to buying and caring for Roses. In this blog I will try to put you all at ease with a few tips about what to look for when buying and caring for one of Britain’s best-loved shrubs.
There are lots of different types of Roses offering a variety of effects and benefits in your garden, from all-summer flowering and scented blooms to formal and informal displays and even security.
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You can be forgiven for thinking that digging up an established or even brand new garden to plant new plants in another layout is an indulgence. However, when a garden is not designed with the environment in mind, a change is what is needed to allow your garden to make a positive impact on the world around it.
One of our core values at GreenArt is all about taking care of our environment. It is easy to see a shiny new garden in our images, but a great deal goes into our designs to ensure they do their bit for the environment.
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It may not come as much surprise to hear that we are often asked for a ‘low maintenance’ garden when it comes to designing green spaces.
This may be due to many reasons; being new to gardening, having a young family, older age, restricted mobility or simply not having enough time.
For a keen gardener, tending to borders and lawns is a much-enjoyed pastime, but for a lot of people managing a garden can often feel overwhelming and all too often a chore, rather than a pleasure.
Here we discuss some low-maintenance garden design considerations without having to turn your garden into a concrete jungle!
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Vibrant colour in the garden is often, and most easily provided by bulbs. Hyacinths at Christmas, Crocus in the New Year, Daffodils in Spring and Tulips in early Summer.
Many of these bulbs are planted in Autumn and are dormant through winter. These bulbs need cold temperatures in order to produce a flower bud for spring which is part of the reason they are planted at this time of the year.
So now’s the time to start planning your bulb planting scheme ready for next year.
