Whether you have a windowsill, courtyard garden, vegetable plot or regularly glean a glut of produce from an established kitchen garden of your own, National Allotment Week is the perfect opportunity to raise awareness of the benefits of homegrown produce. Kitchen Gardens have become increasingly popular over recent years and on reflection, there are a Read more »
By Nadia Cheddi (Lighting Designer) In recent years, garden lighting has become a very popular trend. Whether it is uplighting huge feature trees to give structure and height, or downlighting the façade of house, more and more people are wanting to venture into the world of garden lighting. However, we need to make sure Read more »
By Olly Wills A Moment of Clarity: “Nature is a playground where our inner child can roam around.” Wim Hoff During the summer of 2020, whilst camping with friends in the Cotswolds, I had my first chance to spend time in a natural swimming pool and the experience was transformational. The water was refreshing, Read more »
By Lorraine Spooner In Part 2 of this blog (if you missed Part 1, you can read it here), I am highlighting another selection of plants looking particularly good at the moment, which are hopeful of making the move from the Plant Centre to your home, to be enjoyed in your Read more »
By Lorraine Spooner In this week’s blog I am focussing on a range of plants that are looking particularly attractive at the moment, from climbers with fragrant blossom and shrubs with striking foliage to herbaceous perennials which are waiting patiently to be planted in your gardens. In addition, we are offering: Read more »
By Wil Heeney Often when people talk about wildlife gardening, they conjure up images of gardens left to grow into backyard jungles. However, improving our back gardens for wildlife doesn’t have to mean carrying out your own re-wildling experiment. Even the slightest changes in the smallest spaces can promote native biodiversity. Below are two Read more »
By Ruby Simpson June is here! And because we have all been busy celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, I thought why not go for a red(ish), white and blue(ish) theme? I have included some Roses in the mix, as June is the month of the Rose. Not only that, but it’s the 60th Anniversary Read more »
By Steve Malsher I consider myself extremely lucky in the work that I do. Working in not only beautiful gardens, but in a beautiful part of the world, The North Cotswolds, Oxford and South Northamptonshire. Simply driving from once place to another can open up vistas that could grace the cover of any landscape Read more »
By Victoria Sherbourne Synonymous with freshly cut grass, blooming flowers and blossoming trees is the Chelsea Flower Show. This year, we are thrilled to be returning to the Show to build a considered and captivating garden named, “Connected by EXANTE,” for Finnish designer, Taina Suonio. Our passion is to lead on sustainability, not only Read more »
By Will Beament Increasingly in the contemporary world, Environmentalism is slowly being incorporated into every facet of modernity. Whether this is through policy via the encompassing umbrella of ‘Sustainable Development’, through direct-action following law, or simply through the desire of ‘grass roots’ change. Being in the industry of green infrastructure and designing Landscapes, one Read more »
By Jared Hutchings Have you ever picked up one of those bags of seed with a title like “Wildflower Meadow Mix” and a dreamy image of a grassy swathe, speckled with colour, like something painted by Monet. Did you imagine yourself sprinkling those seeds on a worn-out patch of lawn, and then sitting back Read more »
Nicholsons Lockhart Garratt are to return to RHS Chelsea Flower Show to build the most magical garden “Connected by EXANTE” for Finnish designer Taina Suonio. We could hardly believe our luck when we received the invitation to join forces with Taina at Chelsea in 2022. Our beating heart is to lead on sustainability, not Read more »
By Jarka Valasheek (Assistant Designer & Planting Specialist) Don't just smell the roses! If you really love them, do go ahead and enjoy the fragrance that they can produce. I particularly enjoyed ‘Paul’s Himalayan Musk’ at Upton House in their Rose Garden last summer. However, if growing roses is not an option for you, Read more »
Stronger together – providers unite to expand environmental services for clients Two of the environmental, landscape, forestry and planning industry’s most experienced service providers are celebrating the launch of Nicholsons Lockhart Garratt, offering a unified range of environmental, landscape, planning and forestry services – all under one roof. With a combined 65 years Read more »
By Libby Reeves Biological controls are tiny creatures that we can use within our gardens to control pests and disease. It is a more recent method, but a highly valued version of pest control that is encouraging farmers, growers and gardeners alike to move away from chemical use. This is important. Chemicals are dangerous, Read more »
By Lorraine Spooner PART 1 “He who plants a tree, plants a hope” Over recent weeks, COP 26 has been at the forefront of our daily news, with representation from nearly 200 countries from all corners of the globe highlighting the damaging effects of climate change on our planet. The outcome Read more »
By Libby Reeves & Maria Laskey Many hours are spent in our gardens caring for our trees and flowers, and sometimes despite all our best efforts, things can go wrong. And oh...can they go wrong! Disease may not always be the first thing we think of when we see a poorly plant, and indeed Read more »
By Steve Malsher Well, Autumn is now in full sway, and as with Spring and Summer, it arrived a little bit late horticulturally speaking, as a very fine September just kept giving us great sunny days. I love this time of year and the colours it can bring to a garden, as I am Read more »
