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First Clients, Storms and the Spring Equinox

Storm Gareth The last couple of weeks have been dictated to me by the weather. Storm Gareth ruined my little…

bouquets, Bristol gardener, Bristol gardening, floristry, friends, garden, Gardening, gardening services, gifts, grow your own

How to… Wrap Supermarket Flowers in a Pretty Way

I know, I know, I should be promoting local florists (including myself!) and not local supermarkets. But sometimes you need…

floristry, Flowers, friends, gifts, presents, wrapping

Plant of the Week: Helleborus

It feels strange to be writing about a Christmas rose, or Hellebore, when the weather is getting so much sunnier…

Flowers, garden, Gardening, hellebores, perennials, wild flowers

How to… Put up a Nest Box

This week is National Nest Box Week and it is a week to encourage people to put up bird boxes…

bird box, bird house, birds, garden wildlife, wildlife

Plant of the Week: Alium ursinum

About a year ago, Ant and I went on a foraging course with Martin Bailey. He took us around Blaise…

allium, food, foraging, free food, recipes, wild garlic

Plant of the Week: Orchid

Seeing as it’s Chinese New Year this week I thought about the plant I came across everywhere when I went…

Chinese New Year, Houseplants, interflora, orchid, plant

How to… Chit potatoes

Have you ever dreamed about having potatoes in your garden? Imagine any time you fancied a spud; a hot baked…

chitting, Gardening, grow your own, potato, tubers, vegetables

Plant of the Week: The Blue Rose

In my old house I used to have a purple rose with the most gorgeous fragrance, like Parma violets. Perhaps that’s the closest I’ll ever come to a blue rose

blue rose, Flowers, genetically engineered, growing roses, hybrids, national storytelling week, pigment, rose

How to… prune roses

If you are based in Bristol, I’d love to come and check out your roses. We can either do it together or I can do it for you

Bristol, Bristol gardener, Bristol gardening, Flowers, garden, Gardening, gardening services, plants, pruning, rose, rose pruning, roses, secateurs

Six on Saturday 26th Jan 2019

My Six on Saturday (a day late!) #sixonsaturday

berries, bird feeders, Bristol, Bristol gardener, Christmas tree, feeding birds, Flowers, garden, Gardening, plants, pruning, rose pruning, roses, secateurs, six for Saturday, south west, wildlife

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