How Do You Teach Gardening To Children? – Tips For Parents For many parents and their children, gardening is either a fun little hobby that they take up for a while at home or something that the kids will tackle in school for a little while. However, did you know that gardening has so[…]
How Do You Teach Gardening To Children?
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Fruit and veg gardening, Gardening for beginners, Guest post, Ornamental gardening Jan 30, 2021
Vegetable Planting Calendar
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Fruit and veg gardening, Gardening for beginners, Guest post, When to sow Jun 25, 2020
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How to start composting
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Composting, Guest post Apr 04, 2019
Most of us have a kitchen waste wheelie bin, but not all kerbside collections accept garden waste – and even if you have a garden waste wheelie bin too, why give away all that potential nourishment and energy for your garden when you could make your own compost? It’s not hard to start composting, you[…]
Watering plants in dry spells
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Fruit and veg gardening, Gardening for beginners, Guest post, Ornamental gardening, Summer Aug 07, 2018
Watering plants manually during dry spells is time-consuming as they should be “deep-watered” so the water penetrates to the roots, but is essential to keep them alive and well. Wafting water over the foliage of a plant may make you feel virtuous, but does nothing for the plants! Plants that have been in the garden[…]
The scented night time garden
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Fragrant plants, Garden design, General Gardening, Guest post, Ornamental gardening Jul 02, 2018
Some plants emit their fragrance at night. These fragrances are generally intense, even memorable, in the darkness adding both simplicity and mystery to the experience. In practical terms the main night-pollinators in the UK are moths. These insects are attracted by scent at the ‘sweet’ end of the fragrance spectrum. The ‘night-time plants’ therefore[…]
Garden design infographic
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure BBQs, Garden design, Gardening for beginners, Guest post, Outdoor living Jun 13, 2018
Foliage plants for pots
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, General Gardening, Guest post, Ornamental gardening, Perennials Jun 05, 2018
As a change from pots that brim with colourful, generally annual plants, your display could include or indeed consist of, containers with plants that are grown primarily for their foliage interest. These plants generally flower, giving a few weeks of extra beauty, however they are mostly grown for the pleasure of enjoying their long-lasting[…]
Good companions for roses in borders
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Garden design, General Gardening, Guest post, Perennials, Roses, Summer May 08, 2018
Borders may be defined as collections of mostly flowering plants that are grouped to give a long season of interest. Roses should make a major contribution to the plant collection because of their lengthy and profuse flowering season and the excellent range of the flower colours. However, roses are not generally grown for the[…]
Think green for background
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Garden design, Gardening for beginners, General Gardening, Guest post, Ornamental gardening, Shrubs Apr 09, 2018
Plants with attractive variegated foliage; plants with leaves that are coloured in shades of red, yellow, orange and black. These generally excite our interest. We tend to love all those colours that shout at you, colours so bright and tangy you can almost taste them! With all this eye-candy vying for our attention that colour[…]
Shop in spring, think summer too
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Autumn, Garden design, Gardening for beginners, General Gardening, Guest post, Ornamental gardening, Spring, Summer Mar 15, 2018
It is spring and the online catalogues are full of enticing plants; the fresh colours of spring are irresistible. Virtual baskets are loaded full with plants and expectations. Although it may seem strange, this is the ideal time to cast your thoughts forward to high and late summer, even autumn. Continuity of colour in the[…]