LP Gardening Services

31/03/2026

Flowering in mid to late spring, tulips bring a burst of colour to your garden. Available in a wide variety of colours, the bulbs are best planted from September to November, usually in a full-sun position, and prefer well-drained soil as they can rot in the ground if water-logged.

Plant them in your borders or in containers if you’re short of space. Tulip bulbs can spread and multiply when grown in good conditions, so after a few years your display should be even better!

24/03/2026

Hi everyone, I’m Mark from LP Gardening Services. I provide a wide range of gardening services in Pau and the surrounding areas.
Covering a large area extending to Rébénacq, Orthez, Sévignacq, Pontacq and beyond. If you want to know if I provide services to where you are, please contact me.

28/02/2026

Daffodils, with their vibrant yellow and white blooms, are a delightful addition to any garden. They are best planted in the autumn, from September to November, for a stunning display in early spring. These perennial bulbs typically flower from February and herald the arrival of warmer days ahead. Propagation is simple - once established, they multiply over the years, allowing you to divide them every few years to create new clusters throughout your garden. They come in numerous varieties, showcasing an array of colours beyond the classic yellow - from soft whites to bright oranges and multi-coloured hybrids. Daffodils can brighten up borders, rockeries, or even containers.

25/02/2026

Serving Pau and the surrounding areas. Covering a large area extending to Rébénacq, Pontacq, Monein, Sévignacq and beyond.
If you want to know if I provide services to where you are, please contact me.

29/01/2026

Often considered a nuisance because of their molehills, there are many potential solutions offered online for removing moles from your garden; poison, humane traps or ultrasonic devices, designed to dissuade them from a particular area.

Moles, however, actually provide a lot of benefits in the garden. They feed on garden pests such as slugs and snails, and aerate the soil as they dig their tunnels. So, when we discovered them in our new garden, we decided to try something else – accepting their presence and seeing if we could make the garden work for us all.

Moles are solitary animals. They each create a network of tunnels in which they live and feed, and they will defend this territory from any other mole that comes too close. (This is why killing or removing moles isn’t a simple solution – another mole will simply move into the territory.) When you see a cluster of molehills in your lawn, it therefore means you have just one mole, not a whole army.

The hills are generated as the moles dig, to remove the excess dirt from their tunnels. Once created, the moles will live happily within their network as long as food is plentiful and their tunnels are undisturbed. If something collapses a tunnel, the mole will set about fixing it, usually creating another hill.

We soon discovered that every time we ran over an inhabited area with our ride-on mower, hills would appear the next day. We were obviously disturbing the ground underneath. So, in an area where we were trying to cultivate a flat lawn, we switched to using a hand-mower only. If any hills did appear we carefully scraped away the soil, taking care not to push it back down into the hole.

Within a couple of weeks, the hills had stopped and the mole was living happily below us, showing that it might take a bit of extra work but it is possible to work alongside these little creatures, so that you can both enjoy the garden!

26/01/2026

As one of the first flowers of the year, January sees the return of the Primrose in our garden here in the South-West of France.
This perennial plant prefers partial to full shade as they grow best in a cool, moist environment.
Very easy to maintain and with beautiful blooms coming back year after year, these hardy little plants are perfect for introducing some winter colour to your garden.
Available in a variety of forms, they can be added to borders, planted in pots or placed under trees to provide a carpet of colour.

28/11/2025

02/11/2025

I think autumn may be my favourite season of the year, albeit in spring I would probably say that spring is my favourite, and of course, summer is great, and I do quite like winter! But today, autumn is my favourite. It’s been a mild dry day, aside from a couple of light rain showers earlier, with the sun making intermittent appearances through the clouds and a light breeze enough to create a rustling of the leaves in the trees.

Throughout autumn and winter, it is great to keep your garden tidy and accessible so it remains useable. On days like today, being able to sit out in your garden and make the most of the sunshine and fresh air is invaluable.

This is also one of the best times of year for planting woody plants like trees and shrubs. The conditions at this time of year help roots to establish better, and strong root development mean faster spring growth and better overall long-term survival.

Please contact me if you would like a free quote for garden maintenance or other garden projects that you would like help with.

07/08/2025

Now we are in to August, it is time to have the hedges tidied up. Many hedge types can be trimmed at this time of year, and this is the right time to trim any conifer hedges.

Conifers benefit from multiple cuts per year to prevent them outgrowing their space and to keep them dense and looking neat, and this should be done in the growing season.

If you have some hedges that are ready for a trim, contact me to get a free quote.

If you have any other garden jobs and projects that need doing, don’t hesitate to contact me to discuss your requirements in more detail.