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Christmas Is Nearly Here! I’m not sure where the days and months have gone, but another year has almost passed and we’re into December already! Our thoughts turn toward Christmas and what we need to

Christmas Is Coming! Another month has slid by and we are starting the run towards Christmas, a sure sign being the Pageant happening this Saturday. Not sure where the year goes! Typical spring

Spring Has Sprung! Isn’t the current weather interesting? The long weekend was fine and sunny, beautiful gardening weather, then Tuesday I'm back to wearing a jacket and beanie because it’s been

Spring is here, it's time to bring your garden back to life! It seems like we’ve been waiting forever to see the end of our very cold winter, and while we’re still going to get some cooler showery

Get your Spring Garden ready for the hot Summer sun! As we come out of July into August it is remaining cold! Although thankfully we did finally get some good rains, June was quite dry. There is

One of the things you can do to help your garden cope in winter is to regularly apply a seaweed-based product as a foliar spray. These products not only help plants in hot weather, but they really help against stress produced by very cold conditions too however don’t forget to treat indoor plants to

Welcome to our 2021 June Garden Notes. We’ve had some nice rain in the last week; however, the subsoil is still dry so keep an eye out for plants that may be drying out. The soil is also getting

Welcome to the May Garden Club notes. Firstly we would like to wish all the Mothers out there a very Happy Mother’s Day. Our best wishes to you all and we hope you have a lovely day with family and friends.

Autumn is probably our favourite time of year in the garden. The really hot days are gone and so are most of the destructive gully winds, leaving us with cool nights followed by mild sunny days. Thus, the perfect time of the year for establishing new plantings in your gardens.

It’s almost impossible to pick the weather at the moment, one day we’re sweltering through 40 plus degrees and the next we’re digging in the wardrobe for a jumper because it’s cold! At least the cooler days are giving our gardens and ourselves a chance to recover before the next burst of hot weather

Here we are in a “new” year, hopefully, one not quite as crazy as the last. There has been a steady increase in people returning to gardening or perhaps starting for the first time due to the influx

It’s now November, the “Cups” been run and won and we’re just about to have the Pageant (sort of anyway) which signals the start of the run into Christmas as well as the approach of summer. This generally means higher temperatures although so far we’ve been lucky and had a fairly mild and dampish sp