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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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Water Resilience in the Garden

by Ciaran Biggins / on 8th August 2025 / in Blog, environment, Gardens, meadows, planting, plants, Watering, Wildlife

With heatwaves and hosepipe bans upon us, many homeowners are wondering how to keep their gardens thriving in the ever-changing climate. At GreenArt, we see water scarcity not only as a challenge, but also as an opportunity – to make gardens more resilient, sustainable, and beautiful even in dry conditions.

Water resilience is no longer just a nice-to-have, it’s becoming essential and it starts by working with water, not against it.

At GreenArt we’re inspired by the 4Rs of regenerative hydrology:

Retain, Recharge, Reuse, and Restore.


Here’s how you can apply these principles in your own garden.

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Image of six raised garden beds planted out, all but one, with a potting shed in the background. The area surrounded by hedged and planting to the borders.

Growing Vegetables With Biodiversity In Mind

by Neve Phillips / on 5th June 2025 / in Blog, environment, Gardens, planting

Vegetable plots can make a lovely addition to your garden, providing cottage-garden-charm as well as a hobby and food source. On top of this, a vegetable plot is a great opportunity to incorporate more biodiversity into your space. Not only will increased biodiversity benefit the wildlife around you, but can lead to an increase in pollinators for your crops, better soil health and a beautiful harvest!

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Boost Biodiversity – Embrace the Untidy Garden!

by Neve Phillips / on 13th March 2025 / in Blog, environment, Gardens, Wildlife

Spring is back, and now is a brilliant time to welcome nature into your garden and increase biodiversity all at the same time. Birds, insects, amphibians and mammals are all busy preparing for new life, so a helping hand in the garden would not go amiss.

Nature is not neat, and areas in the garden left untidy can be great for biodiversity! Gardens can act as habitat stepping stones, so small-scale rewilding can be really beneficial. Messy gardens are also reminiscent of cottage gardens – colourful and lively. Here are a few ways to embrace ‘messiness’ for wildlife.

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Do you know your Laces?

by Kathleen Lagan / on 5th September 2024 / in Blog, Gardens, planting, plants

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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CraneFly on Leaf - the parent of the LeatherJacket Larvae pest

LeatherJacket Lookout – these garden pests are on the rise

by Gavin Stanton / on 15th May 2024 / in Blog, Gardens, lawncare

Thanks to the extended period of wet weather we are noticing that a common garden pest – the leatherjacket – is on the rise. A normal component to most UK gardens, this year’s damp conditions have favoured the survival of the eggs and larvae, and therefore are making them a dominant pest for 2024.

Have you ever noticed patches of yellowing or dead grass in your garden? Or a seedling plant that has collapsed having been eaten at soil level? It is quite possible that you may have a leatherjacket infestation.

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Image of Garden in the winter showing a path with planting to either side and a house and hedge in the background.

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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