Landscape Juice

The Complete Gardens CD ROM

I am sure we have all gooooogled until our fingers are sore trying to find information on a plant that has been recommended to us?

Your best friend says, 'this Choisya ternata 'Sundance' thrives fantastically in full shade' and you go out an buy one with glee. Bringing it back you choose a spot, dig your planting hole and make a new home for your prized plant.

The problem is, the advice, well meant is wrong and the plant fails.

The Southport Flower Show

I am pleased to report that Lisa and the gang have pulled it off and the new Southport Flower Show site is up and running.

I must say that it looks good and has a blog style to it.

Lets hope the organisers have learned a thing or two from the faux pas of taking the site down so quickly after the 2006 show.

Tips on herbicide Application and knapsack calibration

Of course applying granules is one thing but the one process in the garden that really freaks gardeners out is applying herbicides using a pressurizes pedestrian sprayer.

Calibrating your equipment is essential and following some simple rules will ensure you are not ripping the lawn up and starting again.

Its not just about lawn health either. As a user you have a responsibility to protect other people and the environment.

Tips on calibrating a fertiliser spreader

We all know how hard it is to apply fertilisers or selective herbicides to our lawn and in the past I have had to correct many an error for clients through their overdosing of the prize sward.

The problem does not have to be difficult to overcome but it does take a little thought.

Below I give a few tips on avoiding a costly mistake. Furthermore, the fear factor also means many people apply too little material to their lawn and the job just doesn't get done.

Jan Harbon horticulture and animal paintings

Horticulture, a massive £5 billion plus industry in the UK and growing fast.

It is a wide diversity of products from plants and tools through to clothing and accessories.

There is also another face to Horticulture which perhaps does not get the exposure it deserves and that is the the world and skill of the Horticultural Artist.

Laying paving stones the right way

I had an email from a friend of mine who is in a quandary and has asked for some help.

Paul has laid a patio in his back garden outside a shed/chalet where he has a little workshop. Half of the building forms the shed and the chalet part is a sort of outside kitchen come family room for the summer where they eat regularly when the weather is nice.

Mapping Tree DNA

It seems that scientists are delving deep to understand plant biology and evolution.

Science Journal reports that researchers have just completed a four year study and unraveled the DNA code of a tree.