Category: Events

• Before and after pictures

  

  It has been a fantastic year for wisterias, with many producing a substantial second flowering that is just coming to an end. Now is the time to give the wisteria a summer haircut if you haven’t already done so. Here are a few before and after photos of wisterias showing their development over the years.…

  Louise Allen

  August 6, 2017

  Events, Pruning by month, Pruning by Plant, Uncategorized

  August, how to prune a wisteria, ripening wood, summer+pruning, When should I prune my wisteria, Wisteria, Wisteria floribunda, Wisteria sinensis

• Sowing and Growing a Flower-Rich Meadow

  

  April 25th, 10am–1pm Stowford Farm, Bayswater Road, Oxford OX3 9RZ Come to a morning course and learn how to sow and grow a flower-rich annual meadow. No matter whether your garden or allotment is large or small, you can apply these techniques to create a stunning, colourful meadow this year. All materials, plus coffee and cake provided.…

  Louise Allen

  April 9, 2015

  Events

  Applying environmentally- friendly biological slug controls, Buying seed by weight – the pitfalls, Correct feeding, densities, Flowering succession, How to extend the meadow into the following year, meadow planting, Mixing a meadow mulch, Mixing your own seed, Oxford, Preparation of a meadow seed bed, Using a ready-made mix: what to choose and what to avoid, Wild flowers

• Come and hear about The Gardening Year and the Camino

  

  The Gardening Year and the Camino de Santiago Vibrant colour in the winter garden, growing plants from leaf stalks, sumptuous wisterias, shade planting and specialist pruning tips … all this and more, including tales from the Camino de Santiago, on Sunday 8th February, 6pm, as part of the Reflect@6 Series, at St James-the-Great, Radley. Come…

  Louise Allen

  February 7, 2015

  Events