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New Year’s News Blog

Just to quickly introduce myself, I’m Gareth – lifelong plant geek and horticulturalist, horse lover, forager, and food obsessive, who has worked at various wholesale nurseries, garden design companies, and landscape and maintenance companies spanning about 20 years overall – and I’ve recently joined Town and Country Gardens. I’m be busy blogging and firing off monthly newsletters, as well as plenty of action on Facebook and Instagram – so please do keep an eye out for this. I’ll also be helping Andrew keeping up with the Spring/Summer-rush, so hopefully I’ll be getting to meet some of you – our valued long term regular clients, and also the hopefully-soon-to-be-new-regular-clients.

Is it too late in the year now to wish everybody a happy New Year? I suspect so – we are, after all, now well into February and just on the cusp of the most exciting season of the year, Spring!

I will be emailing our regular clients very soon to invite you to sign up to our monthly newsletter, but in case this slips through the net, or you’d rather beat me to the Read This Article

Snow in the garden – what do you need to do?

Perhaps the most important thing that you need to do in the garden when it snows is to get out there and have some fun. At Town and Country Gardens, we want you to have an outdoor space that you can enjoy in all seasons when we offer you garden maintenance in Chiswick.

However, if you are wondering whether there are some tasks that need to be done in the garden when it snows, here is our handy guide to the things you need to do. If your garden was unduly affected by any recent snowfall, give us a call and we can offer you garden maintenance in Chiswick to help you get things straight again.

Garden maintenance in Chiswick in the snow

There are some advantages to a flurry of flakes in the garden. Snow is a great insulator and so it can go some way to protecting precious plants from frost. That’s about it for good news though. It’s not the cold you need to worry about most when it comes to heavy snow, it’s the weight and coverage Read This Article

Looking after yourself when you’re doing garden maintenance in Wimbledon

Perhaps one of the best way to make sure that you don’t come away with a gardening injury is to contact Town and Country Gardens so that we can take care of your garden maintenance in Wimbledon. Very few people ever get hurt lying in a deckchair and enjoying a well-maintained garden.

However, if, like many people, you want to feel the soil with your fingers and take part in what’s going on in your outdoor space, Town and Country Gardens want to make sure that you are safe so we’ve put together this guide to preventing the common gardening injuries. We want you to be fit and well when we come along to help you with your garden maintenance in Wimbledon.

Posture

As the team at Town and Country Gardens do garden maintenance in Wimbledon for a living, we’re really aware of the strain that can result from poor posture when you’re in the same position for long periods of time.

There are ways that you can support good posture when you are gardening. For example, ensure that Read This Article

The gift that keeps on giving – garden maintenance in Wimbledon

When you are considering your next gift for the garden lover in your life, it might be time to think outside the box. Much as we hate to say it, there are only so many pairs of gardening gloves you can have before it starts to look a little obsessive. Fortunately, there are lots of different garden gifts you can give using Town and Country Gardens and our garden maintenance in Wimbledon.

Garden maintenance in Wimbledon

Town and Country Gardens can offer you a one-off, spruce up in the garden to surprise your loved one. We can make arrangements to visit when they aren’t home and let you know when it’s done so you can bring them home to unveil the changes.

You can take this one step further with a garden makeover. If you think they will be thrilled by a revolution in the look of their outdoor space, we can help you plan and execute it – all in secret! Whether you want to follow a theme, add a feature or focus on one area and fill Read This Article