Your garden style – Seasonal thoughts from Planting Gems
A well thought-out, carefully planted garden should reflect a style. Whether your preference is for clashing colours, or for cool, calm shades of green [...]
Gardens
Gardening advice from local gardening businesses as featured in the North London local magazines: Muswell Flyer – Highgate Handbook – Crouch End Connection
Don’t let your garden Stagnate
Spring is a good time to give your garden an honest appraisal. Gardens need continual re-evaluation and it is important to breathe new life into a garden [...]
The ‘Feel-Good Garden’ Seasonal thoughts from Planting Gems
At this time of year, when we are all trying to focus on healthy lifestyles and resolutions for 2016, spare a thought for your garden. Gardening is one of the best forms of [...]
Ask Alfie January 2016
Q. I’m not having much luck with my attempts at composting. Can you give some tips to help me achieve better results? A. Good composting is a highly individual matter and [...]
ASK ALFIE – NOVEMBER
Q. We have a small garden in Muswell Hill and would like to plant a decorative tree. Can you advise on something suitable which we can enjoy but which won’t get too big. A. [...]
Seasonal thoughts from Planting Gems: Why Autumn is the best time to plant
When is the best time to plant a garden? Not many people know this but the Autumn is the best time to plant a garden. Most plants that reach their peak in the Spring and [...]
ASK ALFIE – SEPTEMBER 2015
Q. We’ve just moved into a fairly typical town house sized garden, about 20m by 6m. There’s not much in the borders and we’d like it to be a productive edible garden. [...]
How Does Your Yarden Grow? By Becky Beach
We’ve not been fortunate to have a back garden with nice grassy features and an ornamental pond. Instead we have a yarden which although isn’t big enough to throw the [...]
Ask Alfie – JULY 2015
Q. Don’t ask me why but I love the colour orange. Is it possible to have something orange performing in the garden all year round? A. You don’t need a “Why” to [...]
Now is the Perfect Time to Review and Rationalise your Pots and Containers for Summer
These play an important role in many London gardens, where all outdoor space is at a premium and for example steps, patios, awkward spaces and shady corners can all be [...]