Increase your soil’s water holding capacity and reducing the evaporation and consumption of water will make significant management improvements during drought conditions.
Tips for a Minimalist Garden
Dramatic gardens can be designed on minimalist principles. Minimalist gardens need to look good during all seasons and at all times of the day. Thus all your senses plus horticultural nous need to be considered when setting out your initial design. Essence of Design in a Minimalist Garden Minimalist gardens need to be immaculate. Minimalist [...]
How to Concrete in Your Fence Posts
Tips for firm, long lasting fence posts in a neat line
Tips for Planting in Groups and Drifts
Gardeners can be a bit tentative and plant in ones and twos however, if we can be bold and plant in large groups and drifts, the effect can be very impressive.
Shape and Form in Your Garden
Sedum Rhodiola rosea A garden needs visual variety and I hope we show some of that on Gardeners Tips. I know the senses we tend to focus on are sight, taste and smell but hearing and touching have their place. Seeing Your Garden Colour is often the most striking way our sight is stimulated but [...]
Black Flowers and Foliage for Gardens
As a child did you read ‘The Black Tulip’ or try to grow a black rose? Well here are some tips to help you grow black plants in your garden’. Most of my black plants unfortunately are dead but that still leaves 1999 other varieties to choose from. Foliage Certain dark purple leaves look almost [...]

Grow Flowering Cherry Trees
Designing your garden to include flowering Cherry Trees gives you chance to consider different shapes, habits and varieties. A section of Tips on Selecting Flowering Cherry trees is included to help gardeners get a colourful spring blossoming.
New for Ponds or Renovated Ponds
Pond ideas to help your garden water feature design plus some timely renovation tips and hints
Garden Design Styles
Garden design is influenced by Location, Objectives and Resources. No two people would design the same garden for the same space nor would that garden grow and develop in the same manner. My Top Ten Garden Styles Cottage garden Wild or Environmentally friendly garden Walled or Victorian garden Family and traditional garden Fruit and Vegetable [...]
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Photographs and Images of Purple Iris
May 4, 2012
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A Plantsman Nursery – Holden Clough
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Lily Photos not Associated with Spring
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Waterlogged Garden
May 2, 2012
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Grow Colourful Gloxinia as Houseplants
January 28, 2012
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10 Tips for Taking Flower Photos
September 13, 2011
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