Wonderful Worms
Charles Darwin called worms ‘the most important animal in the history of the world’. They are well known to gardeners as an indicator of healthy… Read More »Wonderful Worms
Charles Darwin called worms ‘the most important animal in the history of the world’. They are well known to gardeners as an indicator of healthy… Read More »Wonderful Worms
Euphorbia is such a diverse Genus with over 2000 species. It is one of those plants that I’m often asked to identify and yet it’s… Read More »Euphoric Euphorbia
I thought this month I would look at a quick and easy way to brighten up your garden for 2022. There are an amazing group… Read More »Hardy Annuals
Cathie’s Gardening School went on an outing to garden centres this week (at the time of writing) to try and unravel the confusion over potting… Read More »Are you peat free yet?
Pruning plants is something that takes time to learn properly. Regular readers will know how I feel about the ‘hedgecutter brigade’. I write many articles… Read More »PRUNING PROBLEMS!
We are fast approaching the winter fruit tree pruning season as I write this but it does appear that there is still confusion over this… Read More »Fruit Tree Pruning
I am so often asked to design gardens, advise people on garden design and help with gardening in general. It is not something that can… Read More »Garden Design, Where to Begin?
Learning to mow a lawn and use a hedge cutter takes about five minutes whereas learning the subject of horticulture takes a lifetime…….Cathie’s Gardening School… Read More »Gardener or Horticulturist?
The Merritt Medical Centre in Chessington received a garden makeover last week by a group of horticultural students. The students were attending a Garden Design… Read More »GARDENING FOR HEALTH !
You truly know it’s Spring when the Forsythias are out in every garden. The riot of yellow truly lifts the spirits. Although it is an… Read More »Fabulous Forsythia!
Hellebores are a delight in the garden from Christmas through to Easter. The Christmas rose is well known for it’s beautiful white flowers in the depths of winter but there are many more and with a little knowledge of their requirements everyone can give a Hellebore a home.
Congratulations to Sarah Blake in Cranleigh for winning the free Cathie’s Mobile Gardening School consultancy and to everyone else who won the reduced fee visits.… Read More »Bee and insect accommodation!
The Autumn brings us spectacular colours as deciduous trees and shrubs prepare themselves for the winter rest. As well as coloured leaves, berries and stems… Read More »Autumn Sedums
Some inspirational gardening ideas by Cathie from Cathie’s Gardening School. I was inspired to write this article after a New Year’s Walk around Harold Hillier’s… Read More »Beautiful Bark and Stunning Stems!
Advice on all kinds of bees from Cathie at Cathie’s Gardening School, Squire’s Garden Centre at Secretts, Milford. Regular readers will be aware that there… Read More »Bees, Bees, Bees….
The perpetual problem! The challenge is to watch when it flowers, hence writing the article now. It can seem so complicated with all the different… Read More »Clematis Pruning
When I was starting out in horticulture many moons ago we had to mix our own potting composts and it was quite revolutionary when we… Read More »COMPOST CONFUSION!
Dahlias are the most popular late season flowers but many people do not grow them due to the high maintenance requirements. Here are some interesting… Read More »Dazzling Dahlias
Advice on choosing the right plants for the hot Summer ahead from Cathie at Cathie’s Gardening School, Secretts Garden Centre, Milford. In April we were… Read More »Drought Resistant Planting