Welcome to Plant People, A professional Garden Design and Consultancy Service, working in a sustainable and organic way, wherever possible.

I am based in Shoreham-by-Sea, and currently work in Brighton and Hove. I prefer to work within a 10 mile radius of my home but I am happy to go beyond if you require my services.

Gifts available

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Gardening 1:1 lessons, Garden Design  or Consultancy vouchers available
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News

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Art Work News:
I have added Organic Ceramics to give you a glimpse of the garden sculptures & pots I create.

I have been creating a selection of  new pots & sculptures and have Raku fired them with my friend & Sensei Ember Vincent.

Gardening Monthly To Do's

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Winter/ Early Spring To Do’s
January +
  1. Clean pots and greenhouses ready for spring
  2. Dig over any vacant plots that have not been dug already
  3. Disperse worm casts in lawns
  4. Inspect stored tubers of Dahlia, Begonia and Canna for rots or drying out
  5. Prune apple and pear trees
  6. Start forcing rhubarb
  7. Plan your vegetable crop rotations for the coming season
  8. Keep putting out food and water for hungry birds
  9. Make a polythene shelter for outdoor peaches and nectarines, to protect against peach leaf curl
February +
  1. Prepare vegetable seed beds, and sow some vegetables under cover
  2. Chit potato tubers
  3. Protect blossom on apricots, nectarines and peaches
  4. Net fruit and vegetable crops to keep the birds off
  5. Prune winter-flowering shrubs that have finished flowering
  6. Divide bulbs such as snowdrops, and plant those that need planting 'in the green'
  7. Prune Wisteria
  8. Prune hardy evergreen hedges and renovate overgrown deciduous hedges
  9. Prune conservatory climbers such as bougainvillea
  10. Cut back deciduous grasses left uncut over the winter, remove dead grass from evergreen grasses
  11. Check for frogs etc and un-net ponds at first signs as they can get caught, injured or die when trapped.
March +
1.  Protect new spring shoots from slugs
2.  Plant shallots, onion sets and early potatoes
3.  Plant summer-flowering bulbs
4.  Lift and divide overgrown clumps of perennials
5.  Top dress containers with fresh compost
6.  Mow the lawn on dry days (if needed)
7. Cut back Cornus (dogwood) and Salix (willow) grown for colourful winter stems
8. Hoe and mulch weeds to keep them under control early
9. Start feeding fish and using the pond fountain; remove pond heaters
10. Prune bush and climbing roses

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