Six on Saturday-17th March 2018

by Shadow Hall | Mar 17, 2018 | flower, garden, Garden Design, Norfolk, North Walsham, Norwich

Well this is my first six on Saturday and I have chosen to start when we are in the grips of yet more incoming snow and when we have decided to completely re-start our garden from scratch. Nothing has been left untouched and this makes finding six things that look...

Fancy Gardening

by Shadow Hall | Mar 16, 2018 | design, garden, Garden Design, Landscaping, Norfolk, North Walsham, Norwich, Trends

Fancy gardening or topia opera (ornamental gardener) from the greek topos meaning place. I love this term and what it has come to represent, Topiary the art of clipping shrubs into shapes and forms within a garden. I’ve always loved the versatility of the plants...

Monthly favourite plant tips

by brainweb | Mar 12, 2018 | flower, garden, Garden Design, Norfolk, North Walsham, Norwich

This is a new aspect to my blog I’m trying out. I will try to post a different plant I’m particularly fond of that really shines in that month. March March is when the garden is full of promise. There are lots of plants starting to produce flowers at this...

Container garden convert

by Shadow Hall | Mar 1, 2018 | design, flower, garden, Garden Design, Norfolk, North Walsham, Norwich

I’m a total container garden convert. The snow has arrived and so I’m at my computer screen instead of doing what I want to do which which is plant up all the containers I have been collecting. I’ve been at this gardening business a while now and I...

Restoring native hedging

by Shadow Hall | Dec 30, 2016 | design, flower, garden, Garden Design, Landscaping, Norfolk, North Walsham, Norwich

The boundary of our gardens gives us a sense of ownership and privacy and are one of the first things to get replaced or fixed. Most gardens have fencing now but hedges are a much prettier and valuable enclosure. I dont mean those all to popular conifer hedges, which...