Here you will find posts detailing progress and developments from my garden in Surrey, UK. I will share an update each month covering new projects, planting, and general improvements. As well as working on my own garden, I also offer horticultural services, focusing on design and maintenance. I successfully completed the RHS Level 2 Certificate in Practical Horticulture in 2020.
It’s been some time since I’ve posted on the blog so I’m going to use this entry to provide an overview of 2023. I think the main gardening highlight of last year was editing and improving what we already have. As we get to know the plants better we’ve moved some into different parts of the garden where they’ll be
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Since we built the pergola walkway in November 2017, we’ve had mixed success with the plants we’ve used to cover it. It’s pleasing that the range of plants that are there now, consisting of ivies, clematis, and evergreen jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) seem to be happy enough and are starting to cover the structure nicely. We went on a narrow boat
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I’ve taken some time away from the blog as I felt a little uninspired. I’ve also been enjoying running, completing a half marathon in Crystal Palace in February, Brighton marathon in April and the South Downs trail half marathon in June. Excuses aside, now that spring 2022 has finished I’m excited to share some of the developments in the garden
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In July our greenhouse was installed and we’re really happy with the result. We’re now thinking ahead to winter salad crops we can sow and harvest in this new space, as well as hardy annuals for next year that we’ll sow in autumn. The dahlia’s which I started off in spring have have flowered and it has been such a
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Here’s an update of the major changes/developments in the garden during June. We planted up the final bed in the new herbaceous border – a project we started in March – as well as finish planting into the long border which sits next to the walled area. The cultivar of Persicaria which I talk about towards the end of the
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Here is a short recording of progress in the garden during May. I am going to make a concerted effort in future videos to not repeat certain phrases and words – apologies for the repetition!
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As you might expect, April has seen lots of new growth in the garden and we’ve also had the landscaping team back who built us our new greenhouse base and wall. The greenhouse and coldframe is being installed towards the end of May so I’ll be sure to include it in next months video.
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There’s so much to report on since the last video – hence why this is a longer video. I hope you enjoy seeing the big developments we’ve made to the garden this month.
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Here is a video update of the developments in the garden in February. I forgot to mention in the video that we had a real cold snap at the beginning of the month and both the Luma apiculata and the tree anenome (Carpenteria californica) are now looking rather sad. Hopefully they’ll survive; it would be such a shame if they
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Here’s a short video update of the garden after the heaviest snowfall we’ve ever had.
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