By George Smith 3 Minute Read
Getting The Garden Ready For Easter
The weather so far this year has been typically British, i.e. completely unpredictable! Across Oxfordshire, we’ve experienced mild temperatures, big rain storms…
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Practical advice and ideas on garden design, planting, seasonal care, wildlife-friendly gardening and long-term resilience.
By George Smith 1 Minute Read
Win A Bronze-Finished RSPB Bird Bath
Continuing the theme of attracting birds to the garden, this month’s prize is an attractive bronze-finished bird bath from our friends at…
By George Smith 2 Minute Read
Monthly Garden Tips
General Maintenance Although Spring is in sight, we are still experiencing the occasional cold snap and risk of snow, so this month,…
By George Smith 2 Minute Read
The Great Wall Of Wallingford
In November 2015, we started a project with some unusual challenges. Our client’s recently refurbished energy-efficient Superhome was set back from and…
By George Smith 3 Minute Read
Urban Foxes – Friend Or Foe?
There are few more beautiful wild animals in the British countryside than the fox and to spy one during the day moving…
By George Smith 1 Minute Read
Big Garden Birdwatch Is Back!
This weekend, why not join more than half a million people from across the UK and take part in the world’s largest…
By George Smith 1 Minute Read
Win This Metal Robin Sculpture!
As well as encouraging you to support The Big Garden Birdwatch, we’d like to find out what your favourite garden bird is.…
By George Smith 1 Minute Read
Sowing Seeds For Summer Colour
Although we’ve had one of the mildest winters, more cold weather is predicted. So, why not head indoors or to the greenhouse…
By George Smith 3 Minute Read
A garden flowing from The Downs
We trickled a pebbly stream into a formal slate-faced, stepped water feature to connect our client’s garden to the local environment and…
By George Smith 3 Minute Read
Is it a Bird? Is it a Plane?
Following on from my earlier blogs on wildlife gardens and ponds you’ll have guessed by now that, allied to my professional interest…
By George Smith 2 Minute Read
You’ve got a friend in a leaf
Last month we were waxing lyrical about Autumn leaves. But for most of us leaves are great while they are still on…
By George Smith 3 Minute Read
Go on – take the plunge. Create your very own wildlife haven.
“What would you like to get out of your garden?” This is the first question we ask our customers and over the…