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

Birthday, Anniversary or Festive Gifts:
Gardening 1:1 lessons, Garden Design or Consultancy vouchers available
Please contact me for more info

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.

News

CoronaVirus:
For safe working practice I would like to suggest the following:

I can still do consults via email and skype meetings. I will
probably need to do site visits at some point, see following information:

For site visits:

For those with side access to the garden:
If you can leave any gate unlocked for when I am coming, I can just come in and get on with what needs doing in the garden.
If you have any specific jobs or information you would like me to share, you can either email or text them too me. Leave a note for me, perhaps in a shed or weighted down on a table, so that it is easy to see or find.
We can also talk on the phone when I am outside and you can remain inside.

If you choose to meet me and allow me to come through your home:

We can keep a 2m distance and do similar to the above.
I also have access to respirator face masks and can wear one should you prefer when coming through your home.
Due to DIY I have some good new respirator face masks in my work trug now

To state the obvious: I have always regularly washed my hands or used anti bacterial gel if no access to water.
I have always used anti bacterial wipes on my tools, to stop the spread of any plant or soil based disease.

Collaboration
I am welcoming working with other Designers, Architects and Landscapers etc that would require my expertise on planting schemes, plant & soil health, disease issues and possible remedies.

Optimum Plant & Soil Health
I am continuing to do biodynamic studies that look at improving the soil biome. Plant & soil tonics that will enable you to get the optimum plant growth and nutritional improvement for any edible plants for those wanting to grow their own fruit, veg, salads and herbs. This can all add to improving your own gut biome.

Phytoremediation
I am also looking into phytoremediation, to use plants to help clean toxins from the soil and water in our gardens.
For more information please see Biodynamics page

Gardening Monthly To Do's

Early Spring To Do’s

February +
Prepare vegetable seed beds, and sow some vegetables under cover
Chit potato tubers
Protect blossom on apricots, nectarines and peaches
Net fruit and vegetable crops to keep the birds off
Prune winter-flowering shrubs that have finished flowering
Divide bulbs such as snowdrops, and plant those that need planting 'in the green'
Prune Wisteria
Prune hardy evergreen hedges and renovate overgrown deciduous hedges
Prune conservatory climbers such as bougainvillea
Cut back deciduous grasses left uncut over the winter, remove dead grass from evergreen grasses
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