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Seedlings in the propagator

Germinating Seeds for the Kitchen Garden

I’ve sorted out my light & heat problems this year, and in the absence of vast polytunnels & glasshouses, a

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Trained Fruit in the Walled Garden

Trained Fruit in the Walled Garden

April 2026 seems to be a good spring for stone fruit blossom on the trained fruit. Gareth pruned the fan

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Spring Cut in the Wildflower Meadow

Dave from Black Mountains Contracting getting the job done with his flail collector and alpine tractor. The field at Bettws Newydd

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Pruning Dogwoods for Winter Colour

This is an old post from 2024 but its time to bump it up the list as we’re in full

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Designing a New Flower Border

Winter 2026 is still in full on downpour but green shoots are emerging and the requests to consider new planting

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Hill Court Parkland

Skilled Gardeners in South Gloucestershire

Gareth and his dedicated team of skilled gardeners in South Gloucestershire cover quite a large area. It means we get

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Climbing Roses Pruned

Pruning Roses in South Gloucestershire & Monmouthshire

The beauty about the depths of winter is that your thoughts turn to pruning jobs for the year ahead and

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Restoring an Apple Orchard in Monmouthshire

Winter 24/25 the team were tasked with taking on an abandoned fruit orchard in the village of Gwehelog in Monmouthshire.

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Mown path through orchard wildflower meadow

Wildflower Meadows in Gloucestershire & Monmouthshire

Wildflower Meadows in South Gloucestershire & Monmouthshire This is a post from a few years ago, but the information is

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A landscape park in Monmouthshire

A Week Gardening in Gloucestershire & Monmouthshire

February 2025 The week started in the grounds of a Grade 1 listed church near Usk in Monmouthshire. Clearing Bracken

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