Garden design and landscape blog pictures stories

A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE…

A trend at the moment in England is to keep parts of public parks unmowed and see what happens. It helps with bees and other insect life, birds etc. Here is a post about one such place that has been left untouched right in London, an old cemetery.

HUGELKULTUR – A TAKE ON PERMACULTURE…

We’ve all heard of raised beds but the ‘hugelkultur’ developed by Sepp Holzer is a permaculture take on the raised bed.

SISSINGHURST CASTLE GARDENS – A VISIT

To Sissinghurst Castle to visit the gardens of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicholson.

MAKING PLANT ‘TEA’…

Cow and horse manure can be used to make organic liquid fertiliser that will boost and support growing plants, especially ‘gross feeders’ such as celery and tomatoes.

DON’T PLANT EVERYTHING AT ONCE…

The Kiwi spring lasts from September to November...

KAIPARA COAST PLANT CENTRE & SCULPTURE GARDENS

Visited last week and really enjoyed the nice garden centre...