by Janine Winlaw | May 22, 2024 | Home and Garden
Culinary sage, Salvia officinalis, is a useful herb that holds its leaves over winter and makes a great addition to planting, in a border or pot. The purple variety is particularly ornamental. But there are thousands more salvias to choose from in a...
by Janine Winlaw | Feb 24, 2023 | Featured Business, Features, Home, Home and Garden, News, People, SE Magazines
Uplifting winter flowering shrubs Gardens often feel a bit bleak at this time of year, but winter flowering shrubs can keep the beauty, colour and scent going throughout the colder months. The flowers on these shrubs tend to have a particularly powerful...
by Janine Winlaw | Nov 18, 2022 | Featured Business, Features, Food and Drink, Home, Home and Garden, People, SE Magazines
There’s nothing more satisfying, tasty and healthy than picking and eating your own homegrown apples. And with pretty pink- tinged blossom in spring and glowing autumn fruit, an apple tree adds an attractive and romantic feel to a garden and is wonderful for wildlife...
by Janine Winlaw | Jul 20, 2022 | Events, Featured Business, Features, Home and Garden, News, People, Photography, SE Magazines
Plants adapted to climate change With summers generally getting hotter, it makes sense to use plants in the garden that once established won’t need regular watering. Beth Chatto’s gravel garden and the RHS Hyde Hall’s dry garden, both in Essex, are fantastic...
by Janine Winlaw | Mar 2, 2022 | Art, Featured Business, Home and Garden, Local News, Photography, Uncategorized
As the weather warms up, things start getting busy in the garden – here’s what to do this month. Fertilise and mulch * After weeding, sprinkle soil with an organic fertilser, such as chicken pellets or fish, blood and bone and lightly fork around trees...
