Come along on Sunday 18th July (this sunday) to New Hopetoun Gardens for some ideas on planting Winter Crops. A free talk and demonstration in the potager at 3pm by Lesley and Dougal, not to be missed!

It is lovely during this miserable weather to bring in a bunch of flowers from the garden so you can appreciate them in the house. This vase at the front door of the Garden Centre contains Knautia, Rose “Molineux”, Rose… Continue reading →

Put nets over ripening fruit bushes and strawberries to prevent birds feasting on your crop.
Sow spring cabbage, turnips, chicory, fennel and autumn and winter salads.
Make sure greenhouses are well ventilated during hot weather to prevent big fluctuations in… Continue reading →

When the weaher turns drier, the leaves of pulmonarias and hardy geraniums often become tatty and infected with powdery mildew. Cut away all infected leaves to ground level and feed with growmore or fish, blood and bone to encourage a… Continue reading →

June and July is the time to prune both ornamental and edible cherry trees to avoid silver leaf infection, prune back excess growth and shape the tree as desired removing any dead, diseased and crossing branches.