Planting through weed membrane with a covering gravel (or bark chippings) is a great way to reduce weeding and create an attractive low maintenance border. However, the planting can be a bit tricky, so here are 5 simple steps to make it easier: Step 1 – clearing the gravel/bark If you can plant before you apply the mulch to hide the membrane, that is best, but if you aren’t able to do so, rake back the mulch to expose the membrane beneath. Cut a cross READ MORE
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A step-by-step guide to planting through membrane to create a gravel garden
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A Wild to Wonderful Garden – A Client’s Perspective
(3rd blog in a series of 4) The plant/herb shopping trip stage of Lindsay’s Garden Pond Project We are now three quarters of the way through our joint project on my garden pond area. Out with the dreary, weedy and uninspiring descriptors for my pond, and in with words such as enlightened, uplifting, inspiring, weed-free and eye-catching! Herb & plant shopping Last Friday was the herb and plant shopping stage of my garden pond project. READ MORE
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A Wild to Wonderful Garden – A Client’s Perspective
(2nd blog in a series of 4) The removal, renovation and replanting stage of Lindsay’s Garden Pond Project For those of you who saw Wild to Wonderful’s blog last month, you will know that Cathy Cornish is working on what was my rather dreary, weedy and uninspiring garden pond area. The view to my pond from the dining room table made my heart sink. Cathy came to my rescue with a planting scheme to use existing resources from around the garden to give this area a new, colourful READ MORE
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