Tag Archives: london gardens
Putting the Zing into Spring
Let’s not beat around the bush, 2020 will not be going down as one of the best years that we have ever experienced. In fact, we don`t t...
A GARDENER’S ODYSSEY
As gardeners we have the good fortune of being able to escape lockdown restrictions by working and relaxing in our own hortic...
POTTED POTATOES
I say potatoes and you think allotments. You say potatoes and I say containers. Let’s not ‘call the whole thing off,’ but instead look ...
SOCIAL CLIMBERS
If houseplants make us happy, then climbing plants should make us ecstatic because they allow us to be ultra-creative with indoor green...
TRANSFORMING YOUR GARDEN WITH GORGEOUS EVERGREENS
Transforming your garden with evergreens.
So this might be posted in soggy November, but that doesn’t mean we can’t look at some clever...
SPRING AWAKENING: BULBS IN CONTAINERS
If your image of potted bulbs is a bowl of splaying hyacinths plonked in the middle Auntie Joan’s sideboard then it is time you took a ...
SWEET PINE OF MINE
THE TREE - they smell GOOD, make our living rooms into a grotto for a few weeks and occasionally stab us with their needles - why do we...
CORNUCOPIA OF CORNUS
Commonly known as the Dogwood the Cornus is a group of botanically diverse plants with a lot of year round interest to add to any plant...
KEEP YOUR ROBINS ROCKIN’
STEP INTO THEIR CLAWS
If you’re a bird in winter these are your problems - there’s hardly any food about; your water supply becomes a ...
JOIN IN THE BIG BUTTERFLY COUNT
The ‘Big Butterfly Count’ finishes on August 12th, so if you’ve not begun counting already then you still have time to join in the WORL...
NATURALISTIC PRAIRIE PLANTING COMBINATIONS
When we think about prairie planting schemes we tend to look at the leaders in this area of design for inspiration and ideas. Des...
BEST SMALL TREES FOR BEES
Best Small Trees for Bees
Britain's bees are in decline, ahead of our WORLD BEE DAY celebrations across Capital Gardens Centres on Sun...
