Happy New Year...

Letters from the garden


Dear Readers,

Happy New Year everyone, we hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Year, we are all back to the reality of work and any other activities that are the norm for yourselves.

It is a positive this time of year for us because we are passed the shortest day of the year yeh! and we are now heading to more light everyday that’s what to look forward to most when spring is upon us. 

The cold and crisp air is lovely, and the teams appreciate this more than the dreary grey we can end up with at this time of year, as do the the cups of tea and biscuits from clients who are in and appreciate the guys are in the cold all day so thank you to all.

Well, an update on the gardening, the team are going strong in the winter, lots of work to do on some of the bigger gardens, as there are lots of beds to dig over, Trees and Wisteria to prune and fires to build and look after. 

Bulbs have already started to appear, which is exciting, but be careful when doing border work, using a claw on a long pole is good because you can scratch the surface of the soil and avoid the builds and use a plastic rake if you re just clearing the beds of leaves.

I’ve ordered seeds, and am potting up ones already in stock getting ready for the season ahead, I need to clear some of the previous years annuals as some are hanging on and there are lots of seedlings already growing, the Forget-me-not has gone mad, they might need to be thinned out.

The willow is looking amazing with bright orange stems filling the garden and the grasses look stunning right now.

Happy New Year to the birds as they have got the popcorn garlands after Christmas as I have been told they enjoy this. so hoping they do.

Have a good January, and see you in the garden.



Lynn Dupont 

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