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When I got into gardening in my early teens, I never thought I’d end up riding electric mountain bikes on TV with @alantitchmarshcbe !
No plugs or taps needed! 💦
Free garden design and gardening tips 🪴
If you want some plants that will keep giving all through winter, then check out @itvloveyourweekend at 9:30am today or catch up on @itvxofficial
Pruning topiary is the most satisfying job.. 🪴
Live Gardening Q&A!
Pink themed garden with all weather reading shelter ✅
My approach to pleached trees 🌲
Alfresco garden for a young family ✅
New team member alert! 🪴
Today’s great outdoors gift guide on @itvloveyourweekend was a bit different for me and a lot of fun!
Check the @itvloveyourweekend posts for the full list of product links 🪴.
The @chillbeamofficial Glowmad was seriously cool if you like a useful gadget that also happens to look like a lightsaber. 💡
Also I had never seen a lavender Christmas tree before @patchplants so that was a first👌! Loved the selection you sent in.
#greatoutdoors #christmasgiftideas #horticulture #mtb
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I’m always getting things filthy from gardening tools to bikes, so I thought I’d put the @stihlgb RCA20 cordless pressure washer through its paces.
I only do Ads for products I genuinely like, and I wanted an excuse to look like a rad dad. The best thing about it is that you don’t need mains power or water, so you can use it with the bladder or a water butt. You can also plug it into a tap if you’re cleaning things at home.
It has a lance extension and a detergent bottle included in the kit. It also has multiple spray settings and an eco mode if you need to save power, but the AS batteries charge very quickly.
Definitely a great fit for my lifestyle I’m often away from water connections and seem to get everything covered in mud 👌
#pressurewasher #gardentools #mtb #mtblifestyle
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I went on a rant about how highly skilled weeding is and I stand by it!
Absolutely love you all getting involved with great questions! More again next week.
#gardendesign #horticulture #gardening #instagardenlovers #gardenersofinstagram
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@alantitchmarshcbe and I discuss some of our favourite plants for a winter display.
Some key plants for your winter garden:
Cornus sanguinea (colourful stems)
Cornus alba (colourful stems)
Skimmia japonica (berries or flowers)
Mahonia ‘Soft Caress’
Miscanthus sinensis (leave it tall!)
Eucalyptus (for evergreen foliage)
Malus ‘Evereste’ (colourful apples into winter)
Taxus baccata (evergreen topiary structure)
Hellebores (winter flowers)
Pinus sylvestris (bright evergreen foliage)
Plus plenty of other options discussed in the episode 🪴
The amazing specimen plants here are from @foliumandflosplants 🪴.
#gardendesign #plantingdesjgn #horticulture #wintergarden #gardenlove #gardenersofinstagram
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The key is to prune more often than you think and you will create a dense plant with few holes. There is something to be said for leaving the shaggy new growth for a while though, as it looks great!
These Yew topiary balls had only been planted this year and were long overdue some shaping. They looked fab in the summer against the grasses and perennials, but I love that they’re going to provide structure even through the winter.
#topiary #gardendesign #plantingdesign #hedgecutting #gardenersofinstagram #gardenlove
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We covered all sorts from the best evergreen plants, to lazy gardening, to gardening rescue applications and winter gardening jobs
Send over some questions and I will answer them in the next live 🪴🤘
#gardendesign #gardenersofinstagram #horticulture
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@garden_ninja_lee and I had a blast on this build! We went all out with pink outfits to match the theme 🤘!
This really was the smallest garden rescue build we’ve done and I packed a lot into the design! When a covered seating/reading nook is on the brief I really had to rack my brains to think about working it into the design without taking light from their patio doors.
The planting is very traditional but the green, pink and whites work very well together 🙌. Some lovely paving details as well to complement this, mixing aged bricks with more contemporary planks.
Cracking job by the team as always @benjaminrichardpope @landy3614 @leighapugh @jimbobs2020 @burdfieldlandscaping
On @bbciplayer now if you missed it!
#gardenrescue #gardendesign #landscaping #smallgarden #gardeninspo
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I thought I’d make a bit of a how to / vlog on how I maintain pleached trees on a row of Hornbeam from one of my projects.
Hope it’s useful! Let me know if you do things differently 👌
#gardendesign #landscapedesign #horticulture #gardenmaintenance #pleachedtrees #gardenersofinstagram
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Another @gardenrescueofficial garden in the bag and @flo_the_gardener and I had fun making this one! This garden needed to be used for cooking and entertaining all year round.. the couple even cook their Christmas dinner on the BBQ, so it had to deliver!
I designed the garden with good structural elements in both the hard landscaping and the planting, so it will look good all year round. A couple of my favourite plants featuring in this one.. the Dicksonia Antarctica (Tree fern) and the Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ - both influenced from when I was first learning to garden with John Bailey.
The team did such a good job on the paving and timber work, I think the setts really tie the whole garden together. Cheers @benjaminrichardpope @jimbobs2020 @leighapugh @burdfieldlandscaping & Jonno!
#gardendesign #gardenrescue #gardenmakeover #outdoorkitchen #outdoordining
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Now that Jude is nearly 5 months old, it is time to get him designing.
…as you can see he’s very advanced for his age, having already mastered @vectorworks and will be winning Chelsea golds before you know it 😆
Can I enter him for @prolandscaper 30 under 30 yet?
#gardendesign #landscapedesign #gardenersofinstagram #youngdesigner
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