First proper frost of the winter looks stunning but helps kill bugs, switches on the germination of yellow rattle, an essential ingredient for great meadows and will help breakdown clods of soil for the Spring #frost #frostymorning#jackfrost
Stunning sunrise framed by one of four globe shaped Hornbeams from @deepdaletrees ... despite having been designing and creating gardens for 25 years it never ceases to amaze how some specimen trees help anchor a great garden even in the early days of a new garden, this one being designed by @joaldersondesigns100 #specimentree #specimentrees #specimentreenursery #specimentreeplanting #hornbeam #topiary #carpinus #carpinusbetulus #sunrise
Fab when u get a present delivered from site that was not only hand made but sooo useful😘👍 Thanks Sarah @oxfordplanters and new team member @sophie_greenphotography for safely helping Santa drop off the gift Happy Christmas🧑🎄😘 #dibber #gardengifts
3 fabulous things to share in Christmas Eve; First flower of witch hazel ( Hamamelis) with her fab scent, @charles_dowding calendar that’s just arrived from a friend but sadly of unknown identity as I venture into no dig 2021 and finally my babies wrapped up v tonight’s frost... Happy Christmas; stay safe Rob🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🌲🌲🌲🥂#charlesdowding #nodig #greenhouse #greenhouses #winterflowers #winterscent #witchazel #hammemelis #gardenfleece
Nothing to do with Christmas other than to say these foxtail lilies and Alliums from @jub_holland were planted ten days before Christmas last year and 6 months later what a sight 👌👍 Shows how late we can plant things due to climate change....#foxtaillily #eremurus #alliums #allium #alliumpurplesensation #summerbulbs
Thanks Sarah from @oxfordplanters for tagging me; Millies here helping me join you in supporting @perennialgrbs by donating to #hortaid20 as they strive to support fellow horticulturalists who are struggling. Over to you now @jameshilliertrees and @joaldersondesigns100 to get your dogs to help you donate👌👍🎄🧑🎄#perennialcharity #hortaid #hortaid20 #supportinggardeners #oxfordplanters
Simply perfect brickwork by our in house Brickie; most companies rely on sub contractors for such work but controlling quality is then a nightmare. Employed, with paid holidays, pensions and life assurance and a wellness counselling service means you develop a loyal team of staff where quality is a given and clients can relax knowing that they are in safe hands😀👍#brickwork #engineeringbricks #bricklayer #bricklayers #gardendesign
Good to reflect whats been dominating our work for the last 6 months as we take a well earned break. Designed by @joaldersondesigns100 with in house designer @jesssarsongardendesign providing CAD details for the suppliers, the 250m2+ of York stone was replaced with stunning Purbeck Iimestone from @artoriusfaber ... trees and instant hedges from @readyhedge @hilliertrees and @deepdaletrees ... rest of planting starts Feb 2022 when hopefully rain might have stopped🤔🤞 Meanwhile fabulous in house team that creates these gardens continues to grow in size, expertise and contentment 👌👍 Happy Christmas #gardendesign #gardendesignersoninstagram
Malus Red sentinel: best crab for keeping her fruits well into December and loves heavy wet soils; plenty of that at the moment 😮 #malus #crabspples #malusredsentinel #berries #reberries #smalltrees #smalltree
Happy Birthday Ricky our awesome Brickie.... fortunately the stunning courtyard he created looked a bit better than my birthday cake for him, but was great to share with the team as we wind down... found the mirror glaze icing @waitroseandpartners that worked perfectly for the pool👍👌 #happybirthday #birthdaycake #chocolatecake
In need of a distraction then do watch this 2 part video on lifting n dividing snowdrops👍 They are just emerging now and if you have any big clumps in your garden then they can be lifted n divided now and will flower next month and ultimately spread better. Alternatively go on line and buy them this month ‘in the green’ ... being small bulbs they do much better than bought as bulbs in the Autumn and are far cheaper and should still flower next month if you order early🤞👍 Enjoy😃 #snowdrop #snowdrops #snowdropseason #liftingbulbs #bulbsinthegreen #galanthus #galanthusnivalis #bulbs
Good grief, why ever would you dig up bulbs before they even flowered😮🤔 find out with tomorrow’s IGTV 👌 #bulbs #plantingbulbs #snowdrops #galanthus #bulbsinthegreen #dividingsnowdrops
Whilst we certainly have not inherited any genes for artistry. Imagine my shock when I discovered my wife was planning to throw away these recently discovered gravestones that our daughter had made nearly 20 years ago; had to laugh when we realised that each pet had one made before they had died😂 Anyway they now adorn my greenhouse wall👍😂😍 #petsofinstagram #pets #gravestones #memorial #memorialstones
With the prospect of garden centres being shut again soon, the need to sow and prepare for next year is even more crucial so do join me for a new IGTV tomorrow on growing cut flowers 👍👌 #cutfowers #growyourown #grownnotflown #sweetpeas #ranunculus #germination
6 months after the digger arrived, a stunning lighting scene by Scenic Lighting means this courtyard designed by @joaldersondesigns100 can be enjoyed whatever the time of year or weather with the stunning stems of silver birch from @hilliertrees . #gardenlighting #courtyardgarden #gardendesign #trees #multistemtrees #betula #betulajacquemontii #birch #waterfeature #waterfeatures #gardensatnight #gardensatfirstlight
The tree has landed😀👍👌 #deepdale #deepdaletrees #pine #pinetrees #pinus #pinussylvestris #pinussylvestriswatereri #specimentree #specimentrees #focalpoint #conifers #conifer #evergreen #evergreentrees #evergreentree
Don’t normally post mid afternoon but after planting our largest tree in 25 years, namely a 4t Pinus Sylvestris ‘Watereri’ from @deepdaletrees ... brilliant team effort meticulously planned by soft landscaping foreman @petedavies6567 with @bourne_amenity literally moving heaven and earth to get our screened soil for turfing around next week, I had to smile as it was thanks to helping @kategouldgardens create her main Avenue garden last year at Chelsea for @greenfingerscharity that I was introduced to Deepdale who had supplied Kate with some fab specimens for the show garden... meanwhile client will later be surprised to see solar powered fairy lights appearing👌👍😂🌲 #deepdaletrees #specimen #specimentree #specimentrees #pinus #pinussylvestris #evergreen #evergreentrees #trees #conifers
Night time working in December😮😮😮😮
Great to see street theatre and indeed street protest alive n well in Oxford today #hs2 #hs2iscoming #oxford
Dogwoods at Hartslock trying to lift a gloomy outlook as our Gunboat diplomacy kicks off #brexit #dogwoods #gunboats
