Christine F Garden Design and Consultancy

30/11/2023

One of my favourite gardens

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06/09/2023

When Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson first came to view Sissinghurst Castle Garden, it was in such a state of disrepair that it looked almost lost to time. But even in the midst of Elizabethan ruins, Vita’s imagination began to spark.

On 6 April 1930, Harold wrote: “We come suddenly upon a nut walk and that settles it…”.

Now bursting with spring colour and Snakeshead Fritillary, it is easy to understand why Vita and Harold fell in love with The Nuttery so deeply and how it helped to inspire their creative vision at Sissinghurst.

©️National Trust Images/Cassie Dickson

20/04/2023

Stunning

When Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson first came to view Sissinghurst Castle Garden, it was in such a state of disrepair that it looked almost lost to time. But even in the midst of Elizabethan ruins, Vita’s imagination began to spark.

On 6 April 1930, Harold wrote: “We come suddenly upon a nut walk and that settles it…”.

Now bursting with spring colour and Snakeshead Fritillary, it is easy to understand why Vita and Harold fell in love with The Nuttery so deeply and how it helped to inspire their creative vision at Sissinghurst.

©️National Trust Images/Cassie Dickson

14/04/2023

26/02/2023

A few little jobs to keep you gardening all year round:

Now is time to chit your potatoes.

This simply means putting potatoes upright with eyes at the top on a cool bright place like a window sill ready to sprout.

Wait until the shoots are about 2.5cm then plant out.

02/09/2022

A few little jobs to keep you gardening all year round:

Now is the perfect time to plant autumn bulbs such as daffodils and allium, while the soil is still warm from the summer sun, however leave your tulips until much later in November to avoid the tulip fire virus.

22/07/2022

A few little jobs to keep you gardening all year round:

Now is the time to plant out or pot up gladioli before the end of the month for late summer colour in 2 to 3 months time. Use a bulb planter to dig a hole 15cm deep. If you are gardening on heavy clay, add 2cm of sand or horticultural grit to the hole. Place your corm in the hole, fill with soil, then mulch with compost.

13/07/2022

A few little jobs to keep you gardening all year round

Now is time to order your spring bulbs for planting from September onwards. Order now and enjoy a full selection of bulbs from suppliers!

18/06/2022

A few little jobs to keep you gardening all year round

Now is a good time to prune spring flowering shrubs once they have finished flowering. This includes plants such as choisya and forsythia.

23/05/2022

With the weather warming up now is an ideal time to identify gaps in your border and fill with annuals either grown from seed or seedlings that you have grown can be planted out now.

22/04/2022

A few little things to keep you gardening all year round

Now is a good time to deadhead Narcissi after they have flowered, leave tidying up the foliage for at least another six weeks.

25/02/2022

A few little jobs to keep you gardening all year round

Now the light levels are increasing it is a good time to sow aubergines and other half hardy annuals.

Half full a seed tray with peat free compost and scatter the seeds over the top then scatter more compost lightly over the top. Now water with slightly warm water and put in a light place for the seeds to germinate.