The Gardening Kind by Elliott Neep

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Making the Flower Garden: Part Three
It's time to finally put pencil to paper, to find my style, to dig or not to dig, to get some plants in the ground and make a fabulous garden!
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Making the Flower Garden: Part Two
Now we crack on with defining what we need from the garden. What style of garden will to be. Oh, and not forgetting the most exciting bit... The…
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Making the Flower Garden: Part One
Before metal touches soil, I need to share with you the original idea for the garden and what methods I used to assess the potential site.
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February 2025

A welcome return to the basics
This year is a year of simple, straightforward, wholesome gardening and enjoyment. I get to revel in the fundamentals: Pottering, weeding, deadheading…
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Marks. Get set… Sow!
We come to it at last! The great sowing of the season! It's time for me to unlock the potting shed, cut open seed packets, and tear open bags of…
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Rose pruning kept simple
This is my no-nonsense rose pruning method that I’ve used for years to nurture healthy roses and encourage bountiful blooms.
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My February jobs in the garden
February is a big month! Seed sowing begins mid-month. Yes it may be cold, but March and April will be hectic! So it's great to get ahead this month…
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The (gentle) winter edit
Tidying the garden with the gentlest touch, clearing away the mush and the breakages, to reveal the early bloomers and colourful stems.
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January 2025

My design faux pas
The wrong garden in the wrong place! How I made the classic mistakes of misunderstanding space and light, failing to grasp what I needed from the space…
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Get the look: Courtyard Garden Part Two
We continue the deep dive into my Courtyard Garden, exploring herbaceous perennials, spring bulbs, pots and planters, accessories and focal points.
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My January jobs in the garden
A no-nonsense round-up of the gardening jobs that I'll be carrying out the coming weeks. There's no rush on these. Many are opportunistic and highly…
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Get the look: Courtyard Garden Part One
The smallest of our five main gardens is regularly shown the BIGGEST love on Instagram with reels enjoying hundreds of thousands of views. This is a…
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