Late Flowering Perennials for Wildlife Gardening
As the colder weather hurries us toward winter, the last of the summer's flowers continue to shine. Here are a few of my favourites.
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Emma Reuvers
- Jul 11
- 4 min
A Wildlife Friendly Garden
A garden that favours plants and greenery over hard landscaping will have a larger appeal to wildlife and will make us feel better too.
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Emma Reuvers
- Apr 17
- 2 min
Camassias in the Spring Garden
Bright blue star-shaped Camassia flowers are brightening up my garden this week. An easy and unfussy plant for some early spring colour
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Emma Reuvers
- Feb 16
- 3 min
A perennial planting scheme for a sunny garden border – perfect for pollinators
Plant suggestions for a sunny border that will provide food for lots of pollinating insects.
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Emma Reuvers
- Jan 25
- 3 min
10 Gardening Tasks for Winter: Tips from Wild Edge Garden Design
Fresh air is the key to making it through the cold and dark winter months.
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Emma Reuvers
- Oct 12, 2023
- 3 min
The time is now...planting tips for your favourite flowering bulbs
Plant bulbs from November to guarantee lots of early colour in your garden in spring.
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Emma Reuvers
- Jul 31, 2023
- 1 min
Foraging and Preserving
Spend a weekend learning about what food can be safely foraged from our hedgerows and how to prepare and preserve them
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Emma Reuvers
- Dec 7, 2022
- 4 min
Make Plans and Get Planting
Shrubs and trees add an important element to our gardens and are great for wildlife.
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Emma Reuvers
- Jul 5, 2022
- 4 min
Focus on…Edible Perennials
What easy garden plants can you grow to eat?
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Emma Reuvers
- Mar 23, 2022
- 3 min
The Misfits
Garden sparrows provide hours of amusement as they tear their way around my garden in the crisp and clear spring weather
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Emma Reuvers
- Jan 18, 2022
- 3 min
No Time for January Blues
Shorter days provide us with the perfect time to plan the gardening year ahead
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Emma Reuvers
- Oct 27, 2021
- 4 min
Putting the Garden to Bed
A well planned garden will look good no matter what the weather. There are a number of plants that can be used to add winter interest
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- Jul 12, 2021
- 2 min
Focus on...Veronicastrum
My favourite gardening days are those where I have no specific task in mind. The days where I wander aimlessly around my Cheltenham...
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- May 19, 2021
- 3 min
April Showers in May
A cool and wet May sees our gardens burst into new growth. Pop out into the garden when the weather allows with my May gardening checklist
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- Apr 7, 2021
- 3 min
Out of the Frost...
April can be a changeable time in the gardening world. As we've seen over the last couple of weeks the weather can quickly move from...
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- Feb 2, 2021
- 4 min
Bring in the Birds
Doing a little bird watching from a bedroom window is a fun way to while away a chilly Sunday morning during this current February lockdown.
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- Jan 4, 2021
- 5 min
A Fluttering of Snow
When frost and snow keep you out of the garden, use your time for planning out your gardening year
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- Oct 25, 2020
- 4 min
A Cornish Cottage as November creeps in...
A week's holiday in Cornwall provides Wild Edge Garden Design with inspiration for her garden at home in Gloucestershire
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- Sep 13, 2020
- 2 min
Mulch mulch mulch
Creating garden mulch from your garden waste is a useful way to add nutrients back into your soil and create a healthy garden ecosystem
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- Jul 22, 2020
- 4 min
A Space for Wildlife
Having a wildlife friendly garden is more straightforward than you may think. Read on to find out what you can do.
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- Jun 3, 2020
- 4 min
June Jobs
June has crept up on me this year. Being confined to my house and garden has meant that I've noticed the daily changes in my own garden
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- May 6, 2020
- 5 min
Making the Most of May
With the sun still shining (who can believe it) there are lots of gardening tasks to keep us busy in the month of May.
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Emma Reuvers
- Apr 22, 2020
- 4 min
Container Gardening - A how to guide
Limited outdoor space? Container gardening can green up your balcony or outdoor space. With a little planning the possibilities are endless.
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Emma Reuvers
- Apr 8, 2020
- 4 min
Beginnings...
With all our weekend plans cancelled and sunny weather on the way, it is the perfect time to get stuck into gardening
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