As a professional gardener with over 20 years of experience, many of my customer’s gardens still offer unique challenges and opportunities presented by shaded gardens. As someone who’s worked on my family’s small nursery, I’ve seen firsthand the impact some of the most versatile climbers can have. I’ve talked a lot about shrubs for shade as well as some of my favourite climbers for north-facing gardens, so in this guide, I am sharing my best…
As a passionate and professional gardener working in my family’s nursery growing shrubs, one plant that nearly everyone falls in love with is dwarf Buddleias. They are much smaller and compact at around 2-3ft, and their smaller flowers make a stunning display of colour. Dwarf buddleias, or ‘butterfly bushes, also attract butterflies and other beneficial pollinators to your garden and are easy to care for with a little pruning and a little love. What I…
After over 20 years of maintaining lawns as a professional gardener, if there is one job I think has the most significant impact on the quality of a lawn, it would have to be scarifying the lawn to remove moss, thatch, weeds and other debris. This is best done in Autumn or early Spring, depending on when I get a chance to do it. Next, I overseed the lawn with quality grass seed using a…
As a professional gardener and nurseryman with over 20 years of hands-on experience, I’ve noticed yellow flowering shrubs have always been a popular request. This is especially true in Spring when shrubs like Forsythia, Mahonia ‘Winter Sun’, and Kerria japonica can appear to be the only shrub flowers along with stunning spring bulbs. With this in mind, in this guide, I thought I would focus on shrubs that bring warmth and brightness to any landscape:…
As a professional gardener who has maintained lawns and gardens for over 20 years and worked at my family’s nursery, one job that has the most impact when maintaining a lawn is scarifying the lawn. It makes such a huge difference to the quality of the lawn, although it can look rough after scarifying for a few weeks. However, you will be rewarded with an amazing lush lawn in a few weeks time. This can…
