[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 the comfortable sofa with a head full to bursting, itching to get started on Ratty’s boat, first thing!!’
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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 of rare neuromuscular conditions known as centronuclear and myotubular myopathy, by asking people to grow a sunflower.
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 care for and include in our garden schemes, so here’s the first of our specimen-focused blogs for this year.
Today, it’s Cornus
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 in 2019 we are renewing our commitment and exploring even more ways we can ‘green’ our working practices.
Some of the things we already do…
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 healthier over the coming year. But, how many of us have made resolutions that incorporate our environment, wildlife and green spaces?
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 for a lovely couple in Benson. When the client was explaining the reason behind the job, Tim and I stood aghast; the hedge (belonging to the neighbouring property) had been removed without warning by developers who were building new houses in the field next door. Our client had literally walked out into his garden one morning to find he no longer had a 20ft hedge screening his garden from the neighbouring field.
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Top Ten plants to bring a buzz to your garden
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If you’d like to see more wildlife, particularly birds and bees, in your garden, by making a few clever choices for your herbaceous borders and vegetable beds, you can give nature a helping hand. Continue reading “Top Ten plants to bring a buzz to your garden”
Why February feels special in the garden
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After a long, frosty winter when most of the jobs in the garden are about tidying up and putting things to rest for a couple of months, February brings a sense of anticipation. Spring hasn’t yet emerged, but signs, in the form of snowdrops, crocus, hellebores and primroses give us the sense that it’s just around the corner waiting to happen. Here are a few of the things you can be doing in February that will make a difference for the rest of the year.
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Getting your garden ready for wildlife
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s official, summer is over. Big flocks of Rooks are descending on bare fields and Swallows are lining the telephone wires. Leaves are turning, mornings are chillier – it’s undeniably Autumn. Continue reading “Getting your garden ready for wildlife”
Help Save Our Hedgehogs!
There are many great reasons for encouraging hedgehogs into your garden.
The Gardener’s Friend
Hedgehogs are the gardener’s friend as they particularly enjoy eating beetles, earthworms and slugs and therefore should be a regular guest in most UK gardens. Whilst they do roam far and wide in search of food, they will naturally return to an area that provides richer pickings.