By Michelle Reynolds 4 Minute Read
Living Willow, Living The Dream
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]’Twas the night before the willow project and all through the flat, a wave of excitement arose as softly I sat, on…
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Practical advice and ideas on garden design, planting, seasonal care, wildlife-friendly gardening and long-term resilience.
By Jo Smith 4 Minute Read
The Big Sunflower Competition 2019
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This year GreenArt will be holding its first sunflower growing competition. Inspired by The Big Sunflower Project, we’re helping to raise awareness…
By Michelle Reynolds 3 Minute Read
Wonderful Willow
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I started weaving living willow about 18 months ago on my allotment, after having my curiosity peaked by seeing structures like tunnels…
By Michelle Reynolds 5 Minute Read
These are a few of our favourite things…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hello lovely people, We thought you would find it interesting to provide a more detailed picture of some of the plants we…
By Michelle Reynolds 4 Minute Read
How green does your garden grow?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Here at GreenArt we are committed to finding ways that we as a business can become greener and more environmentally friendly. So…
By Michelle Reynolds 4 Minute Read
Happy 2019 So Far
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Well, we are over a month into 2019 and many of us will have made resolutions to try and get fitter and…
By George Smith 4 Minute Read
The Big Garden Birdwatch – Go For Gold!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]You may have seen my earlier posts about this weekend’s Big Garden Birdwatch and hopefully you are all set with bird book…
By Michelle Reynolds 6 Minute Read
Winter is coming. Spare a thought for the wildlife in your garden.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A few weeks ago, Tim and I were planting up a mixed hedge of pretty-much full-size trees to replace a Leylandii hedge…
By Michelle Reynolds 6 Minute Read
Six seasonal jobs for the winter: prune, feed and plant!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Seasons greetings and felicitations to one and all, from everyone here at GreenArt! As gardeners, like our agricultural ancestors before us, we…
By Michelle Reynolds 6 Minute Read
The grass is always greener – or is it?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Over 10 years ago, the RHS noted the impact of climatic change on our lawns in their Encyclopedia of Gardening (2007).…
By Michelle Reynolds 8 Minute Read
A rose by any other name…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When I had the idea for this blog, it was just after the first flush of summer blooms covered the rose bushes,…
By George Smith 5 Minute Read
Saving The World, One Tree At A Time
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The latest report from the government’s advisers on climate change made many people sit up and take notice – and so it…