Alex's Gardening Services

28/05/2023

I'm keeping my distance!

12/01/2020

Snowdrops in a customer's garden making a welcome return.

24/12/2018

I'd like to wish all my customers a very Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year.

29/10/2018

First real frost of the year. All the remainder blooms look lovely for it though.

20/08/2018

It was time to bring this wisteria under control. More to be done in the autumn, but a good start today. Photos show before and after.

02/07/2018

Who would have thought that Croydon could be the home of truffles? I found these in my own garden yesterday. Mushroom risotto with shaved truffles will be the menu this week!

28/04/2018

National Children's Gardening Week takes place from 26th May - 3rd June. The week itself is supported by the National Garden Gift Voucher and Card Schemes and is the perfect chance to get children outside during half term.
There are lots of fun activities to do and events happening around the country, find out more here: https://www.childrensgardeningweek.co.uk/
It supports Greenfingers Charity, which does a fantastic job with children's hospices. We've already raised over £600 for it.

23/02/2018

It's cold out there, but there is plenty to doing in the garden:

Cut down deciduous ornamental grasses left standing over winter, before fresh shoots appear

Divide large clumps of snowdrops and winter aconites after flowering and replant to start new colonies

Prune late summer-flowering clematis, cutting stems back to healthy buds about 30cm from the base

Divide congested clumps of herbaceous perennials and grasses to make vigorous new plants for free

Transplant deciduous shrubs growing in the wrong place, while they are dormant

Finish winter pruning fruit trees and soft fruits, including apples, autumn raspberries and blackcurrants

Chit first-early potato tubers, such as 'Foremost', by standing them in trays in a light, frost-free place

Prepare veg beds for sowing by weeding thoroughly, then cover with a thick layer of garden compost

Feed fruit trees and bushes by sprinkling sulphate of potash fertiliser around the base to encourage fruiting

Sow mustard and cress in a small seed tray on a warm windowsill for pickings in just a few weeks

Not got the time? Call me!

24/06/2017

What to do now:
Give wisteria a summer prune

Rejuvenate chives by cutting to the base

Feed flowering and fruiting plants with tomato feed

Check hedges and shrubs for nesting birds before trimming

Or let me do it for you: 07956282946

01/06/2017

A lovely mention from London Unattached http://www.london-unattached.com/2017/05/bloombox-club-plants-review/?utm_content=bufferf2c2a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

BloomBox Club - Plants to help make your Fingers Green - a growing plant subscription club - review of BloomBox Club small outdoors plants

05/05/2017

I would like to reassure my clients that I will not be participating in "Naked Gardening Day"