By George Smith 4 Minute Read
Grow Your Own Cut Flowers
One of the many joys of having a well-planned garden is that you can have ready access to freshly-cut flowers to add…
The GreenArt blog
Practical advice and ideas on garden design, planting, seasonal care, wildlife-friendly gardening and long-term resilience.
By George Smith 2 Minute Read
Monthly Garden Tips For June
Hints And Tips For June 2016 June is the peak of the gardening year in most gardens so your jobs this month…
By George Smith 3 Minute Read
Star Performers On Our Patch
Ten Flowers & Shrubs That Will Thrive In Our Soil GreenArt’s base in South Oxfordshire is an interesting and quite varied place…
By George Smith 6 Minute Read
Help Save Our Hedgehogs!
Hedgehogs are the gardener's friend as they particularly enjoy eating beetles, earthworms and slugs and therefore should be a regular guest in…
By George Smith 4 Minute Read
Trend-setting Garden Design
2016 sees the celebration of 300 years since the birth of possibly the greatest British landscape designer; Capability Brown. It also sees…
By George Smith 3 Minute Read
Monthly Garden Tips
May is definitely the most dynamic month of the year as your garden springs into life; your job is to make the…
By George Smith 6 Minute Read
The Wonders Of Wildflower Meadows
Six great reasons for creating a wildflower meadow in your garden. A Splash Of Colour! Planned and planted correctly, a wildlife meadow…
By George Smith 2 Minute Read
Monthly Garden Tips
Lawns And Grass Areas The weather has finally sorted itself out and those pesky cold snaps should be over. After a few…
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 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…