Samwell's Gardens

22/04/2026

Pond plant transplant today, from one Overgrown customers to this new born, just the start in life this pond needed 🌿🐸

12/03/2026

🏡Give your home the front garden it deserves! 🏡

12/03/2026

Does the front of your house need a tidy up? Don't let the street down, get in touch and I'll come smarten it up for you!🌞

12/03/2026

Do you want to add some colour and life into your borders this year but don't know where to begin? Get in touch and let's have a discussion! Bespoke design with lots of options, it all starts with a free consultation

11/03/2026

🐸🐸🐸 S P A W N 🐸🐸🐸

28/02/2026

25/02/2026

What started off as a pile of rocks and dirt is really starting to take shape now! Next step is to fit a natural bog filter in that wooden barrel and plant it up! 🐸🎍

30/07/2025

H E D G E W E E D
Some see it as a w**d but it is a native wildflower 🌼 and as I spend alot of my time pulling it out of all of your gardens, this year, I thought I would let it grow in a couple of patches in my garden and see what it did.

When I first got this garden it was everywhere, and last year I tried to relentlessly try and stay on top of it, so this time around I took a completely different approach, and I'm actually really impressed with how it went.

First things first,

This plant goes absolutely bonkers and is invasive as they come and I do have to go in once or twice a month to cut and pull it back when it starts growing towards unwanted areas. But this is surprisingly easy, the steams are strong and it usually just pulls out, have to be a little delicate on occasions. But if you give it something to climb up, and control where you want it to go you can soon have a very green covering. Chicken wire I found to be a good boundary cage for it if it shows it a route upwards, and it soon sends 3 or 4 shoots that all intertwine and twist together that make it thicker, stronger and more manageable to train, this also results in really lush green clusters.

🌱🌱The arrowed heart shape leaves, I think, are quite beautiful, and on mass, spectacular.🌱🌱 Matt finish with a sizeable dent, creates brilliant shadows in the sun, an organic geometrical wondewall. They are a great source of food for many catipillars, halk moths in particular 🐛

🌼 Big bell shaped white flowers, great for the pollinators, flowers all through summer 🌞

I wouldn't ever recommend planting it, but maybe next time you see it popping up, work with it rather than against it.

24/07/2025

H I M A L A Y N B A L S A M
⚠️Invasive Species⚠️
So this wonder flower has managed to find itself into my wildflower patch, unsure if it came in some seed or self seeded from somewhere else, I have noticed a couple around my area

🐝First things first, bees absolutely love this flower, not a minute goes past where there isn't one on/in it🐝

But it is a prolific seeder, and it's seed pods explode and fire the seeds out upto 7m, actuly can't wait to see that if I can. Because it grows so quickly and tall, it can rapidly takeover and crowd other plants out and take over. Therefore just be ready to keep on top of it if you see it in your garden, it's root system is shallow and easy to pull out.
👮It is illegal to knowingly seed in the UK wild👮but not illegal to have in your garden....

22/07/2025

K I L L E R S L U G
The Spanish Slug
These things are a nuisance and are not fussy eaters at all, including other slugs. They are rapid breeders and they can soon take over if population numbers aren't taken care of either by wildlife or human intervention. Beer traps and pellets won't stop them, you have to collect them. This is a big mumma daddy and has probably already laid many eggs....Joy