Growing for garden glory

Blogs - growing for garden glory

This year, our dream-like Hampton Court garden has been inspired by the way that nature’s gentle hand can subtly alter and improve a manmade creation, in this case The Forgotten Folly. At Horticolous, we dream beautiful gardens like this one but nurturing a dream requires much more than our own inspiration and passion.

When it comes to turf – it depends

Blog - it depends

When growing ‘Britain’s finest turf’ there is undoubtedly an expression that covers a multitude of situations and which can be used to answer virtually any question about turf. ‘It depends!’

Repairing a flood damaged lawn

Blog - flooded lawn

If the state of your lawn after the wet and thoroughly miserable winter has reduced you to despair, the situation may not be as irreparable as your fear. With a little time and not necessarily a lot of money most lawns can be rescued.

Tips for saving water in the garden

Blog - border topsoil

Parched, dehydrated and beginning to show a few cracks? If that’s just you ‘the gardener’ imagine how much your outdoor space may be suffering in this recent spell of very hot, dry weather we are either enjoying or enduring, depending on your perspective!