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Hello everyone I hope you are all enjoying your garden this year and if any of you did watch the Chelsea Flower Show towards the end of last month I hope you enjoyed that too. Before I go on to talk about this month’s subject I have a quick subject for you. As you will all remember, in the middle of May we had a very hot August type day, so a little note about watering.
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www.charlesworthgardens.com This especially applies to new
gardens, water a little and often, it is as simple as that, preferably either at the end of the day when cooler and especially in the morning as the ground is cooler and at its most receptive. Also where you can use membranes and either gravel or natural mulches over your borders as this will help keep the moisture level in your borders, where they need to be maintaining a good level of water for the plants. I often find explaining to customers that the best way to view it is like yourself on a hot day, are you better to keep sipping at water or become dehydrated and then have a glut of
water? You will find that once your plants mature and become more established then you can reduce the watering level by quite a lot, but always keep an eye on plants, if you see leaves start to wilt, then give them a nice drink when it’s cool or increase your watering times to keep them happy. The main exceptions to the rule are more established trees and shrubs as they take their water from much deeper so these are better off having a large drink once every couple of weeks. The main reasons being they take water from deep down as said, but if only the top six inch of soil was regularly wet you could encourage rot into the tree or shrub. My main subject is about garden design and the importance of a garden designer such as myself. When watching the Chelsea Flower Show I always get reminiscent about my time there but I always get very excited about what gardens and what styles of gardens from around the world may be built, and that is my point now. The show gardens at Chelsea are manufactured for the show and under normal British weather conditions would not survive, but here in the Med we have great weather conditions for plants. I know a lot of people and I often get asked about how people miss their English gardens but I am always positive to reply that there are lots of plants you get in England that will survive here and even if a particular plant won’t survive, they often have close relative that does and/ or we can source at the least similar plants to create the style you want. I get really enthused by a challenge and want everyone to know you can have pretty much whatever type of garden you like. A lot of the time it is mainly about creating the right kind of environment for
the plants to grow in, creating shade, mixing your own soils, using irrigation and many other moisture devices to create anything from an English garden to a Japanese water garden to a Moroccan courtyard or a tropical paradise. There are so many fun things you can do with your garden and by choosing Charlesworth Gardens as your garden design company you always get the result you want, so don’t be afraid to ask and get your dream garden with us.
For more information please give us a call on 696 283 704, email
info@charlesworthgardens.com or look at our amazing web sites
www.charlesworthgardens.com,
www.floresgardencentre.com,
www.artificial-grass-spain.com.
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