Rhid's Horticultural Apprenticeship

Propagation can be done in a few different ways, earlier in the year I made some softwood cuttings from Salvias, today I made some hardwood cuttings from a Salix alba. The Salix had one years growth before we all took a turn in coppicing the tree, this gave us lots of material to process. Willow shoots cut ready for processing Ideally we would us a shoot that is roughly the thickness of a pencil, but we decided to us several different widths and lengths, just to assess which

In over one year as an apprentice, turf laying was still something that I hadn't had the chance to do, until now! This property had a 'blank space' in front of the chicken coop, which was some very patchy grass mixed in with some very patchy, compacted soil. So it was decided that we will create a nice path to the chickens flanked by two patches of freshly laid turf. Firstly we had to remove to existing grass, or what there was of it. Patches removed from work area Next we ha

At this property we have an area where the roses grow, but unfortunately not much else, this makes the bed look empty and a bit bland....

Knepp is a place that I have wanted to visit for a long time now, I love the idea of rewilding the land and moving away from such...

My visit to Kew Gardens turned out to be one of the hottest days of the summer. Despite the heat, it was a really fantastic day and I had...

Introduction Completing the first year of the RHS Level 2 course in the Principles of Horticulture marked a significant step in my...

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is one of the biggest and most famous flower shows in the world, with tens of thousands of visitors every...

Identifying plants will be part of my EPA, so getting to know the Genus, Species and sometimes Variety or Cultivar of the main plants,...

We have recently purchased a Stihl RMA 448 RV roller mower at Abbotswood. This now enables us to stripe the lawns without using the older...

During the wet months, slabs and paving can become covered in green algae, moss or mildew, this can look unattractive and also can be...

We have recently installed new planting at this house in Cambridge. there are two distinct areas, the new formal section on the main lawn...

At the time of the year the roses that were pruned at the beginning of the year are starting to shoot again. We want to give these the...

This garden has four timber frames, one in each corner of a small patio area, they are connected with some wires, these are for the...

During my day at college today we tested some soil for PH levels. Firstly we needed to ascertain why type of soil we had, for this we...

The Buxus in this garden had not had a hard winter prune for a few years and had grown much taller than was originally planned. Start of...

These beds were looking a bit tired and lacked structure, they had been in place for a few years and the client wanted to freshen them...

This was my first time pruning a Wisteria floribunda . Although it was only trained up this wall only a year or so ago, it had already...

Today Tom introduced us to the Stihl scarifier. We learnt that this machine is good to remove unwanted vegetation from a lawn such as...

Tom took us to this area of the college where the hedge line was in need of pruning. Hedge line behind obstacles Overgrown hedge line...

This garden is one that we work in on a weekly basis, as a company we have been here since it's inception two years ago. There have been...

Dedicated to your garden   We maintain and nurture beautiful gardens. That’s it. Nothing else. Nothing to waver our passion for...

We received a shipment of 50 Elaeagnuce limelight shrubs. To ensure proper placement, I prepared the bed and carefully measured out the...