Coming up roses – how gardening can help you thrive with your long-term health condition
If you’re not as fit as you used to be, gardening is a great way to stay active. In this blog post we offer tips and advice to help you tailor your gardening jobs to your individual needs.
Creating an outside space for you and your dog
Dogs may be man (or woman’s) best friend but, depending on the breed, they are not always the keen gardener’s best mate. We’ve all seen pictures of muddy canines cheerfully transforming a nice lawn into a lunar landscape or flower beds into trenches, but does dog ownership really have to mean bidding farewell to your outdoor haven?
A day to remember at Chelsea
Davina visits the Chelsea Flower Show for the first time, meeting celebrities and designers and gets tips for her garden.
Opening my East Yorkshire cottage garden for the National Garden Scheme
Ever thought of opening your garden to the public? Our friend Justine Dixon is opening her garden for NGS for the first time in May this year. Here she tells us what’s involved.
Setting up and running a successful gardening club
There are a wealth of organisations promoting and supporting gardening as an activity and we are proud to have links with clubs in the local area. Ever thought of setting up a gardening club, read on…
The ultimate swordsman
Whether you’re a professional groundsman or an amateur gardener, the humble lawnmower has helped transform and maintain our gardens, parks and sports grounds for centuries. But where did it all start?
Gardeneering – for health & happiness
As our previous blog attests, the physical and mental benefits of gardening are proven. So much so, that in parts of the country, GPs are prescribing gardening as a ‘medicine’ of sorts as there is evidence to confirm that it reduces the need to see a GP or attend A&E, enhances wellbeing and even promotes better sleep.
Gardening: A full body workout for the mind & body
Instead of heading to the gym in the Summer evening you can create a moderate intensity workout whilst working on your own garden, which is not only good for keeping your body fit and healthy, it is also good for the mind and soul too.
Interview with designer Tony Smith
The Harrogate Spring Flower Show feature, sponsored by Rolawn, takes cues from the landscape style developed by Capability Brown. Sales and Marketing Director, Jonathan Hill, poses a few questions to designer, Tony Smith…
Building beds and growing veg – an enthusiast’s tale
After spending six years battling the weeds on our vegetable plot we decided enough was enough. Trying to keep it under control was taking up too much time and the rest of the garden was starting to suffer. Something drastic had to be done and we decided raised beds were the answer.