Gardening Blog

As a Garden Designer in Essex and East Anglia I always ask my prospective clients how "hands on" they want to be with their new garden before I start to create the design.  more  

As a Garden Designer in Essex and East Anglia I am often asked about the value of composting in smaller suburban gardens where space is a challenge  more  

Practical review of the Husqvarna Hedge Trimmer in an Essex garden by gardener and garden designer Gary Curtis  more  

The weather this year in Essex has been particularly mild and has subsequently delivered a season of amazing colour  more  

I must confess even though I’ve been a keen gardener for over 40 years I’ve tended to think that composting in a ‘smallish’ garden takes up too much valuable garden space   more  

If you’re like me and you’ve had some experience of finding dark greenish-brown patches on your tomato plants, it can be really annoying.   more  

It’s around this time of year that most gardeners start realising that Summer is really moving on and the ‘tide’ of Autumns arrival can no longer be pushed back.   more