What better time to kick start your garden than over the Easter break. This way you’ll have a beautiful garden for the rest of the year. Whilst you’re getting on with the following gardening jobs to be done over the Easter hols consider treating yourself to an online garden design or horticulture course. (check out…
Whether you’re looking for a garden design course, or a vegetable growing course, or any gardening course in the Bedfordshire region – we’re here to help! MyGardenSchool enables you to study horticulture from the comfort of your own home. It’s like a distance learning gardening course, but much better. As you get the full…
Now is the time to pick up a ‘garden bargain’ in your local Garden Centre or Nursery! It’s at this time of year many nurseries try to reduce their stock so they don’t have to over winter it and this means that Sale prices on trees and shrubs allow thrifty gardeners to spuce up their gardens for…
Leaf mold is like hair conditioner for your soil! – basically its best attribute is to help your soil retain water. According to some university studies, the addition of leaf mold increased water retention in soils by over 50%. Leaf mold also improves your soil’s structure and creates a lovely habitat for soil life, including…
Please take 2 minutes to watch this very cool video; Back to the Start. It’s got a great greener world message and a very creative way to present it. Thanks to Growing a Greener World TV for posting this to our facebook wall. Please RT
We love this infographic by TreeHugger.com that lays out all the different methods of composting and helps you figure out which one is best for you. Sometimes this is a minefield and this is a great reference check in on. If you have any composting tips please write in our comments box. We’d love to…
Book now and get 50% off your MyGardenSchool August 6th Course! (this is equivalent to £60 or $98 off!!). MyGardenSchool is delighted to be doing an exclusive facebook deal giving all our facebook users a 50% off code for ANY gardening course of your choice for courses starting on August 6th. All you need to…
Some of the most beautiful gardens in the world are shady gardens. The problem of what to plant is simply one of knowing the right plants, and adjusting any preconceived ideas of ‘must have’ plants that represent a pretty garden to you. Shady gardens can in fact be most of the things that a full…