By Ed Haynes hayneshorticulture.co.uk
The Barnack Horticultural Show
Grow it make it and show it. There’s magic in a horticultural show. We, Haynes Horticulture, will be proud sponsors ...
Dig deep into anything but AI
There’s something about April that pulls you back outside, whether you’re ready or not. You find yourself stood there, mug ...
February Flickers
In February everything is meticulously being decided, the worms are having top table meetings, the birds stirring and squirrels… well ...
CACHE is King
The lights are up, you most likely had the Christmas works do at the end of November. Most of the ...
The Alchemy of the Gall Wasp
On walking with Penelope, who is six, across Wanstead park we crunched and picked our way through fallen acorns. ‘Why ...
Jack Frost
So how is everyone fairing post Christmas and New Year? As I return to the UK from a hiatus in ...
Trees are not just for Christmas.
Time to kick start that gym membership, make resolutions we laugh at in days. Sort the recycling and push go ...
Pause for Thought Dec 24
Many people know the story from Exodus 3, where Moses – having fled from Egypt, and tending his father-in-law’s sheep ...
Buy more than you need & The Comely Calicarpa
Autumn is a busy time of year for us gardeners, with the changing light and cooler weather our borders are ...
Lilacs – Has Grandma arrived?
This week, a dry Arctic wind has blown gently into our gardens from the north east. Lawns are retaining their ...
Blackberries
These dark juicy adornments hang in our local hedgerows, turning from light green buds,to red flesh, and eventually to dark ...
Keck – friend or foe?
Every month I relish the opportunity to think of a fresh subject matter to write about, as I was driving ...
In the Wild
This week, I thought I would write a piece about my weekend in Devon re-igniting my love for all things ...
April Gardening Tips
April has quite simply been Baltic! Spring is creeping however, once barren branches now teem with green shoots. Red kites ...
SUNSHINE & SHOWERS GARDENING FOR THE MIND
Can you remember a weather man called Michael Fish on the BBC? He had a grey moustache, wore brown suits, ...
A Gardeners Journal October 18, 2023 Ufford Hall
In the brisk and rather damp embrace of October, Ufford Hall gardens undergo a noticeable shift. The autumnal colours, the ...
Feed the Winter Birds
Our feathery friends sound the dawn chorus, light sounding cheeps and gentle calls wake the lucky few that are stirring ...
Nature’s Internet
“So, what part of ‘no grass on the leaf mulch heap’ do you not understand, Edward?” A thorough dress down ...
The Meaning of Flowers: Daffodil
Daffodil (Narcissus) there are over 50 species. Also known as Jonquil, Daffadowndilly. Botanical characteristics: The colour of the bloom is ...
The Meaning of Flowers – Crocus
Crocus (plural crocuses) Latin origin: the crocus is a genus of flowers that derived its name from the Latin word ...
The meaning of Flowers: Snowdrop
Snowdrops ( Galanthus Nivalis ) earned their name from the combination of two Greek and Latin words. Galanthus from the ...
Holly (not the ex-girlfriend!)
Deck the Halls with ‘boughs’ of holly Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la ‘Tis the season to be jolly... you know the rest. It ...
Late Summer Colour
Its not over until the Asters Falter The parched trees rustle in the infrequent breeze. Our beloved lawns may look ...
Hedge Rows, Field Mice and all things nice….
The bountiful hedgerows are teeming with life all around. We all feel the urge to clip, trim, control, and manage ...
Gin & the Beauty of Green
Are the flowers that used to steal our attention becoming a more permanent and taken for granted feature? Day in ...
Plants love People
As we change our realisation that we are no longer hostages in our own homes, we are in fact freer ...
Wild Flower Meadows for the Bees
Where to start, the natural environment has shown its authority once more. This article was to be about the brilliance ...
Your Garden in March
The Christmas Rose Hello, storm Ciara has politely whisked her way through the garden, like an angry step mother who ...

