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Growing Your Garden Confidence

by Ciaran Biggins / on 12th December 2025 / in Blog, Gardens, Tips

Five tips to boost your gardening confidence

If you often find yourself looking at your garden and thinking “I’m not sure what I should be doing or how to do it correctly,” you’re not alone. The new RHS State of Gardening Report recently revealed that while 34 million people in the UK garden regularly, only 27% feel confident doing it.

We see this “garden confidence gap” all the time. People who care about their gardens but worry about pruning too hard, choosing the wrong plants or not knowing where to start. With the new Oxfordshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy encouraging residents to support wildlife and plant more sustainably, even well-informed gardeners often say they feel overwhelmed.

But don’t despair! Confidence can grow quickly with the right guidance. Here are five simple ways you can grow your gardening confidence.

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The Secret Season: 5 Winter Care Jobs Your Garden Will Thank You For

by Ciaran Biggins / on 10th October 2025 / in Blog, environment, Gardens, planting, Tips, winter

Winter Gardening

Many think winter is the time to “put the garden to bed.” The borders are often bare, trees and shrubs have lost their leaves, the lawn slows down and it’s tempting to retreat indoors until spring. But don’t be deceived – gardens never truly sleep. Even in the quiet months, life, colour and important work are happening above and below ground. Winter is when nature restores itself and when we can step in to give it a hand. It’s the moment when we can prepare for next year’s growth and tend to traditional craft jobs that support the health of our gardens. It’s a time to create vital habitats for wildlife, setting the stage for a thriving garden in the year ahead.

Here are some of the winter jobs you could be thinking about, whether you’re keen to keep your garden looking its best, want to increase biodiversity, or simply enjoy the satisfaction of good seasonal work.

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Winter Gardening Myth Busting

by Gavin Stanton / on 6th February 2024 / in Blog, Gardens, Tips, winter

In the midst of winter, many gardeners just focus on routine activities like leaf clearing, wildlife feeding, and tool cleaning. Whilst these are all important jobs, it’s worth noting that gardening doesn’t have to grind to a complete halt during the colder months. I’m hoping to debunk some common myths associated with Winter gardening, revealing practical tips to help keep your garden looking its best throughout the season.

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Summer Gardening Tips

5 Summer Gardening Essentials

by Gavin Stanton / on 28th July 2023 / in Blog, Gardens, Tips, Watering

The Summer months of July & August are the time to reap your rewards and savour the joys of outdoor living.  

Whilst you are spending more time outside there are a few jobs that you can do. Make sure you continue to nurture and enhance your garden with these 5 tips.

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re-wilding your garden

Re-wilding your garden – what difference can you make?

by George Smith / on 27th July 2023 / in Blog, environment, Gardens, planting, plants, Ponds, Tips, trees, Wildlife

How to continue your re-wilding journey

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 Tips to get your Garden Ready for Summer

by Gavin Stanton / on 30th March 2023 / in Blog, borders, Gardens, planting, spring, Tips, Wildlife

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.

Top 3 Spring Gardening Tips

Get your garden Summer ready with these top Spring gardening tips.

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How do I choose the right Rose for my garden?

by Gavin Stanton / on 3rd March 2023 / in Blog, Gardens, planting, plants, rose, Tips

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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