Tag: all year round gardening

Now is the time to get your garden Spring ready

by Fen Ryan, gardener and designer at Bloomingplaces

You may not be thinking about the garden right now in January, but if you actually want to maximise your enjoyment time in the garden during 2026, it is actually the right time to engage the services of a gardener to plan and prepare.

Winter is the best time to engage with the services of Bloomingplaces to plan and begin creating your garden in time to enjoy once the warmer weather arrives – avoiding the Spring rush.

Spring is the busiest season of all for gardeners. The best gardens are always prepared in advance.

January is the best time to

  • secure installation dates a better range of options will be available right now
  • prepare groundworks whilst the soil is right and easier to work with
  • plan designs, materials, furniture and planting schemes

Lawns and Patios

Now is the perfect time to

  • Install or upgrade patios and pathways meaning minimum disruption to enjoyment of your garden, ready for entertaining when the first warm days arrive
  • Prepare garden areas gradient
  • Replace lawns or reseed areas, improving soil structure and drainage in problem lawn areas, ensuring healthy lawn growth in spring

Planting Plans

January is ideal for planning planting schemes for the seasons ahead

Ensure all year round interest and plant now for a garden that includes

Structure – such as shrubs, hedging and trees

Borders – prepared to include seasonal interest with spring and summer bulbs and perennials for year upon year interest

Wildlife friendly, environmentally conscious with use of native plants, resilient gardens go hand in hand with and low maintenance designs

Pet and environmentally friendly ideas can all be included in a well planned garden

Do not hesitate to get in touch and book a consultation now to create the garden of your dreams to enjoy all year round, call Fen today at Bloomingplaces: Phone: 07769651599 or email fenryan@outlook.com

Fen at http://www.tinybloomingplaces.co.uk

Getting the garden in gear for the forthcoming year

by Fen Ryan, gardener and designer at Bloomingplaces

  • summer blooms
  • outside dining
  • relaxation zone
  • textured planting
  • evergreen shading
  • spring scents

We’ve all done it, looking endlessly at the garden during a balmy summer day and wishing it could look like the place you see in your minds eye. You may have an aspiration for your garden but it may need aligning with the possibilities of the space. Taking up a consultation with a designer will allow an assessment of your site which will pull together a brief that will ensure you end up with a functional, beautiful design, bespoke to your space, making your dream a reality. Dream the design now design that dream.

  • colour scheme
  • layout
  • textures

To get the garden to its best possible end result, during the consultation the designer will look at all the elements that need to come together to give the structure and functionality that go towards developing a lush, evergreen, usable space. Hardscaping in the right places, created with carefully chosen materials, alongside plants, that will be chosen for their suitability to the site as well as their structural form, contrast shapes as well as scent. A mix of perennials and evergreens will take the garden through the seasons giving it a vibrant, lush outlook throughout the year. Soft flowers against an evergreen backdrop creating a space to enjoy from day into night.

  • ferns
  • spring colour
  • scent
  • winter interest
  • spring colours primrose
  • skimmia
  • movement

Your garden may just need some tweaking to get it where it needs to be and February is a fantastic time to set the scene in the garden for what is to come for the rest of the year. Its the right time to move existing shrubs/plants whilst they are dormant, putting in bare root perennials for later in the season and popping in sprouting spring perennials bulbs for spring scent and colour. Its the perfect time to either start on maintenance and cleaning up your existing garden before spring bursts forth or to get the wheels in motion to get design layout plans started for early building and plant planning so the garden is ready to enjoy as soon as the warmer months arrive. And remember a well planned planting scheme is key too creating a garden with all year round interest.

Get your garden in gear, don’t leave it for another year.

For a free initial consultation call Fen on 07769651599 or email fenryan@outlook.com

Autumn Borders

by Fen Ryan, gardener and designer at Bloomingplaces

A feathery autumnal touch for the borders; grasses and self seeding perennials

Time to plant

Often the garden starts to tire as September approaches but it is not the time to “give up”. With our milder weather season extending well into September and beyond there are still many moments to be enjoyed from the garden. September is the perfect time not only to move existing plants to a different location, if required, but it is also a great time to add autumn colour to the border, whilst stock is available, extending the season and enjoyment for the months ahead. It is a window of opportunity not to be missed.

Layers of textured foliage and subtle colour make for a beautiful autumn border

Perennial plants that have not fared well can be moved to a different location before they disappear into a winter slumber. This is the best time for them to establish their roots in a new location so they will perform better the following year. Plants offering autumn interest can also be added to extend the garden display late into the year. Autumn is the perfect time to alter, adjust and add to borders, whilst bearing in mind next years performance.

Deep purple hues from foliage with deep pink flowers contrast wonderfully with light green foliage and lime flowers. All set against a feathery orange tinged background

Choosing Plants

Choosing perennials that will come back year upon year will ensure the garden matures and performs annually giving remarkable displays for every season.

Choosing a small selection of plants, considering texture, colour and height will give a desired look and feel to the border. Planting en masse will ensure an eye catching and effective display. Make sure you take on board the orientation of the border before choosing plants

Planting en masse for a naturalistic feel

September is not the end of the gardening season. It is a great time for getting ahead of the game. Planning and planting borders in September and October ensures plants can be acquired that are giving a great display at that time of year and on into late autumn/winter. It also allows consideration for and inclusion (or moving/removal) of existing plants within the border to ensure an aesthetically pleasing planting scheme is achieved. It is by far the best time to plant up a garden to ensure interest and longevity across the seasons.

shake off those winter blues

Well the garden is pretty quiet this time of year apart from the snowdrops dainty pretty heads bopping about, and the “how does it do it in the middle of winter” hellebore blooming it’s head off interspersed with the occassional early appearance of a primrose. It’s also an exciting time of year thinking about what lies beneath and what is to come.  With winter dormancy comes a chance to clear up, trim up, think of the big picture and sort out the detail with the future envisaged.  Where do those spring and summer bulbs need to be popping up from and what would look fabulous where.  Sketch it, draw it, write it down for later.  Next autumn is when you can get your bulbs in for the following year or pop a few ready grown bulbs where required in place for this spring.

Hellebore                                                                          

Snowdrop

 

 

Plant them in until you are brave enough to go out!

read on for some magical inspiration………

In the fairy garden
“If you believe in fairies then what you see here is real, If the sight of one eludes you just stop, stand still and feel
the gentle breeze as it goes lapping past your eyes, the soft damp dew upon your nose, it’s fairy dust did you realise

Smell the air it’s always full of sweet perfume you know, its left behind lingering around by fairies as they go
close your eyes imagine the magic they can do, then jump right up go on your way and know that you can too”     fen – inspired by my little niece Isabelle 2010