If you are lucky enough to have an area of your garden with damp conditions, then here are my suggestions for some of the very best native wetland plants that will add lots of colour and structure, while attracting a host of wildlife too. Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) – this is a simply stunning perennial, [...]
When previous Chelsea Gold Medal winning garden designer Gary Breeze needed wildlife gardening experts to design the planting for his 2017 Chelsea garden, he looked no further than Natural Gardens and our sister company Wild Ponds. His instinct was rewarded by the judges with a prestigious Gold Medal, with TV presenter Monty Don praising the [...]
The choice of trees and shrubs at a garden centre or nursery can be rather daunting, but do try to include some native types in your garden as these will support many more of the insects that provide an important food source for garden birds. The availability of berries in our gardens in winter is [...]
While the construction involved in hard landscaping and garden structures can be undertaken throughout the year, the best time of year to plant trees and shrubs is in autumn and winter, because there is less chance of the weather turning dry until the following early summer. In autumn and early winter there is also some remaining warmth [...]