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...
by Janine Winlaw | Feb 9, 2022 | Features, Home, Home and Garden, SE Magazines
Heavenly helebores for early colour The pure white helebores I have in my front garden, shooting up in January from the bare soil are such a joy, making me feel spring is on the way. Helebores come in a gorgeous range...
by Janine Winlaw | Jan 12, 2022 | Art, Home and Garden, Local News, People, Photography, SE Magazines, What's On
Whether it’s attractive bark, shiny berries or a splash of colour, there are lots of plants to add winter interest to your garden…. Beautiful bark Betula utilis var. jacquemontii ‘Grayswood Ghost’ has brilliant white bark, which glows out in soft...
by Janine Winlaw | Dec 22, 2021 | Home and Garden, People, SE Magazines, Uncategorized
My favourite variegated plants Plants with variegated foliage, different coloured zones on leaves, can add a lightness to a garden, breaking up the green. They don’t tend to be very fashionable and certainly some plants are much nicer than others....