Author: Tamsin, Secret Garden

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Winter Woodworking

If you saw our post last week about this garden, you’ll know that we had got to a stage of having the posts ready for ...
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Tiered Garden in Windmill Hill Continues…

This garden design progresses with the base level being constructed and timber brought in to create raised beds and posts installed for a new perimeter ...
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Stone Wall Restoration Project

The stone walling that the chaps are working on uses an NHL 3.5 Lime mortar mix. The soil was dug out and bagged up for ...
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Bishopston Driveway Update

Team Jerry have been continuing with this block paving driveway in Bishopston this week. Through up and down temperatures they have worked on the edging, ...
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Winter Mulching

When we arrived back at this garden, we came ready to plant lots of bulbs. Our customer had bought a variety of crocus’, snowdrops, tulips ...
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Protecting Banana Palms for the Winter

The Japanese banana, Musa basjoo, is the most commonly-grown banana in the UK. Although bananas can tolerate a few minor frosts, the weather can be often ...
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Tiered Garden Design in Windmill Hill

For the first move on this project, our team worked hard to remove a large amount of concrete and old decking from the garden; up ...
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Winter: A New Driveway Project

As you can see from the above photo, the front garden had a small amount of grass, with a concrete pathway up to the front ...
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Autumn Tasks: Laying Turf

Although our customer cordons off their garden during some of the year to their dogs, the closest part of the lawn and furthest away parts ...
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Block Paving Driveway with Planted Borders and Electric Gate Completed

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