There is nothing more satisfying than growing and harvesting fruit from your own garden and it is something that even the least green-fingered among us can turn our hand to. In this blog, we will highlight the most popular fruit trees and bushes and outline their specific growing and pruning needs.

There is no flower that typifies the English garden better than the rose. As England’s national flower, the rose is among the most popular of gardening favourites and is a must in any garden.

If you’re looking for a shrub that will provide show-stopping blooms, to take centre stage in your garden throughout the Summer, then the Hydrangea never fails to impress.

Have you ever wondered whether you could have a bold and beautiful living wall in your garden but felt daunted by the prospect of costly installation or tricky DIY? This blog will cover everything you need to know about living walls and show you how doable such a project really is to get you on the way to making your neighbours as green with envy as your living wall.

The two most common request that we get when designing a border are low maintenance and lots of colour. The naturalistic style of planting ticks both of these box and is actually one of our favourite style to design in.

When planting acid-loving plants it is important to do so with the correct compost mixture. Ericaceous plants are species that love acidic soil and hate lime soils (acid lovers and lime haters). If you have found yourself drawn to a beautiful plant at the garden centre make sure you first find out which type of soil it likes, if you have chosen an acid-lover you should make sure to then buy some ericaceous compost too.

The garden hoe is a useful tool for ongoing garden maintenance. Once a border has been cleared of any perennial nuisances, like dandelions, the hoe can be used to keep a border looking its best. The blade is small enough to fit around plants in your border.

The pruning saw is when even the loppers won’t do. There are a lot of different types of pruning saw and they match their intended uses.

Loopers are very useful for those garden jobs that are just a bit too big for secateurs. You should try and always have a pair if you’re doing any pruning work.

There are all sorts of jobs you can use different rakes to achieve. From levelling an area for turf to raking up leaves. I couldn’t cover all of them in this one blog. I’m going to concentrate on rakes designed for removing fallen leaves, grass clippings and other garden waste.

In this blog we’re going to give you some idea of what to look out for when buying a shovel. Some people confuse them with spades. There is an easy way to remember-

• Spades cut through the soil and are primarily used for digging.

• Shovels move soil and other garden material around.

In this blog we’re going to try to give you some idea of what to look out for when buying a spade. A spade a spade right? But not all spades are created equal.

I’m going to be giving you recommendation for what we think are the best all purpose gardening gloves. Gloves that you can do jobs like weeding and planting with perfect dexterity.

The garden claw tool can be use in a variety of different ways. We use is primarily for clearing smaller unwanted garden material such as annual weeds, leaves or unwanted herbaceous root structures out of beds and borders

Garden trugs are incredibly useful. They carry tools, garden waste, soil, plants, bulbs, everything goes in the trug.

A good pair of secateurs is a must for any gardener. We use them everyday and curse the times we don’t have them because there is always something you need a pair of secateurs for

The garden hand trowel can be used for everything from planting to weeding and cutting through dry soils to digging out roots. The garden trowel is one of the essential basic garden hand tools.

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Mulch is a material that is spread over the surface of a border or bed a covering. Different mulches have different properties depending on what they are made of.

Ground elder is a weed that I’d encourage you to look out for and try and deal with as quickly as possible. We’ve worked in gardens that have been overrun by it and it is a nightmare to get rid of! It’s classified an invasive, perennial weed, which means it spreads quickly and it will come back year after years.