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Follow Oliver as he works in some of the most beautiful gardens around the South of Britain. For more examples of his work, please go to his Facebook page at Oliver's Gardening Services.
Oliver P
Apr 25, 20241 min read
Some spring plants doing their thing
Cotinus coggygria Royal purple Berberis darwinii ccontinues
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Oliver P
Apr 25, 20240 min read
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Oliver P
Oct 4, 20231 min read
A bit of a marmite plant,but I quite like Cordyline australis,as do sparrows and starlings
A before and after of removing the old flower stems and loose brown leaves that land everywhere
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Oliver P
Oct 2, 20230 min read
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Oliver P
Sep 5, 20231 min read
Some perennial and shrub colour during the rainy summer
Kniphopfia Alcazar Hemerocallis Chicago sunrise hydrangeas were good this year! Two’s company
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Oliver P
May 22, 20231 min read
Taming another climber and more late spring colour
Never realised Actinidia kolomikta had scented flowers before,planted this one about15 years ago,a relative of the Kiwi fruit Love these...
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Oliver P
May 22, 20231 min read
More colour appearing in the gardens
A wisteria I have looked after for over 20 years, it has had to put up with a few hard cut backs during that time
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Oliver P
Apr 2, 20231 min read
lawn greening up for Spring!
Scarified, and overseeded and fertilised 3 weeks ago
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Oliver P
Apr 2, 20231 min read
Treating some slippery steps
Used a hard surface biocide rather than pressure washer here as the bricks were laid with Lime mortar
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Oliver P
Mar 20, 20231 min read
Scarifying
some thatch and moss removal from last week
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Oliver P
Mar 14, 20231 min read
Cleaning up
Pressure washing a questionable surface at a lovely property yesterday
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Oliver P
Feb 16, 20231 min read
Sunshine On A Rainy Day
At last! Some much needed sunshine yesterday...
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Oliver P
Feb 16, 20231 min read
De-Leafing
Last of the de-leafing of the lawns last last year, now on to preparing the borders for this year and a favourite plant of mine hamamelis...
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Oliver P
Feb 16, 20231 min read
A Walk Around Marwood Gardens
A lovely, inspirational visit to Marwood Hill Gardens today for the snowdrop walkabout. #snowdrops #marwoodhillgardens
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