A Blooming Delight: How to Make a Bulb Lasagne Autumn is the time to plant spring-flowering bulbs! One project you can create is a “bulb lasagne” in your garden. No, we’re not talking about the Italian pasta dish, but rather a layered garden planting technique that ensures a spectacular springtime display of flowers. In this …
Italian Trip 01/03/2023 Vicky and I recently travelled to Tuscany to hand pick this season’s selection of large trees. There are no less than 186 nurseries in the Pistoia region covering a total of 1,482 acres so it was a pretty epic task! Each day started in Vannucci with an 8.30am catch up with our …
Best Plant Area in the UK! 25/01/2023 Proud winners of the Ruxley Rose Award. Barton Grange is celebrating after winning the Ruxley Rose Award for the Best Plant Area in the UK for the second year running. Our plant team collected the prestigious trophy at a special awards ceremony at the Mercure Blackburn Dunkenhalgh Hotel …
Christmas Potatoes Grow potatoes now ready for the festive season. Throughout the year we like to highlight the gardening jobs for at that time through creating key displays. Nothing beats the taste of home-grown new potatoes with your turkey. Growing spuds is easy and rewarding, and if you plant now, you’ll have potatoes ready to …
Growing Tomatoes Tomatoes can be started from seed indoors or bought as young plants, then grown either outdoors or in a greenhouse, in pots or in the ground. They grow particularly well in a greenhouse, usually producing an earlier and larger crop. The secret to caring for tomato plants is regular watering and feeding, especially once …
Planting Alpine Bowls If you’re new to gardening and want to start with plants that require very little maintenance, an alpine bowl is the ideal solution. As the name suggests, alpine plants come from mountain regions, so they’re used to tough conditions. They are small, slow growing and extremely hardy. Their compact size makes them ideal for …
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