Web log from the Head Gardener at Gardenadvice.co.uk This blog is about life inside GardenAdvice.co.uk - the business, the innovations and our projects for the future.

Monday, September 27, 2021

 

Become a gardener with a GardenAdvice Gardening Course – great if you are interested in gardening but do not know how to start.

Availabe as a gift voucher for the gardener in your life

Course available at local venues or in your own garden – we come to you and carry out the course in your own garden for you or you and up to 12 of your friends ( depending on Covid-19 restrictions)

If you are new to gardening it’s difficult to understand where to start with all the Latin plant names, different types of soils and different species of plants needing a range of growing conditions and environments. In response to this need and with feedback from our members and viewers the GardenAdvice Team have created a number of gardening courses especially created for the new gardener. The aim of our gardening courses is to provide you with a basic knowledge of gardening including garden design and pests and diseases to get you started and provide you with ongoing advice from your own gardening expert for a full year through the Gardenadvice MyGardenTeam system, every course we provide comes with 12 months membership to our MyGardenTeam service

Gardening course for beginners and new gardeners. Click Here 

Gardening course for beginners for vegetable growing. Click here 

Gardening course for Wildlife gardening. Click here 

For further details on our gardening courses telephone 01225 637218 or email us at courses@gardenadvice.co.uk

All the GardenAdvice courses are available in the following formats.

Home course for a day in your own garden for you and you and your friends for up to 12 people. One of our GardenAdvice garden advisors comes to you and carries out the course costing £225 per day. We tailor the course to your gardeing interests and the person organising the course gets 12 months membership to our MyGardenTeam service included in the cost. Available to purchase as a gift voucher as a xmas or birthday etc

One day gardening course in a GardenAdvice garden around the UK see our gardening course facebook page for more details costing £225 per person including lunch and membership to our MyGardenTeam service. Available to purchase as a gift voucher as a xmas or birthday etc.

One to three day residential gardening courses at the GardenAdvice gardening school held in our main UK garden 5 miles North of Dorchester, Dorset see our gardening course facebook page for more details costing £185 per person per day including bed and breakfast plus lunch for you and your non gardening partner. Discounts available for single people attending our residential gardening course and two people both attending one of our residential courses sharing a room. Includes membership to our MyGardenTeam service. Available to purchase as a gift voucher as a xmas or birthday etc.

For further information on the Gardenadvice gardening courses including dates and venues please visit our gardening course facebook page by Click here

GardenAdvice gardening courses all come with a year’s membership of our MyGardenTeam service to provide you with ongoing gardening support before and after you have attended one of our courses. Click here

One Day Course venues ( see our gardening courses facebook page for dates Click Here )

Our courses in Kew village involve a series of short lectures and demomstrations held in a large private garden in Kew Village.

Our one day course at Kew village and gardens includes lunch which is normally provided by the Cricketers Kew Green 

The nearest Tube station is kew gardens station and if you arrive by car we have access to free parking. 

The MyGardenTeam service element of our course is available by your activation before or after the course 

The GardenAdvice Team

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Gardening courses for 2020



Become a gardener with the GardenAdvice Gardening Course.
If you are new to gardening it can all seem a bit complicated at first with all the Latin names and the gardening terminology. 

GardenAdvice.co.uk have developed a especially designed short one day course to be able to teach you all the basic skills of gardening to get you started.
The courses are being held locally thought the U.K and in your own garden cover such basic skills as pruning, correct digging methods, growing your own shrubs and creating the perfect lawn. 

See some of our clients our gardening course and our MyGardenTeam service on Instagram

The GardenAdvice gardening course for beginners and new gardeners is available as a home course - we send one of our experts to you for the day ring us or send us an email for more details courses@gardenadvice.co.uk or telephone us on 01225 637218

The course takes place in a garden and involves both practical demonstrations and short talks aimed at giving your an introduction To all the basic skills you will need in the garden. The following areas are covered -

Basic gardening techniques such as digging, grass cutting, pruning, planting and watering.
Easy garden maintenance covers methods to make your garden easy to look after. Including weed control.
Basic construction methods covering how to lay a lawn, a small patio and decking.
Pest and diseases how to control them by using organic methods and creating a natural balance in your garden to keep them under control.
Creating special areas in your garden including a organic veg plot, fruit garden, perennial borders and water features.
Planting designs basic design techniques for garden planting to encourage all year round interest.
MyGardenTeam service - All our course include a years membership to our MyGardenTeam service so you are supported for a whole year Click Here

https://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/gardening-courses/index.html

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Gardening courses - Gardening


Become a gardener with a GardenAdvice Gardening Course - great if you are interested in gardening but do not know how to start.

Availabe as a Christmans gift voucher as a present for the gardener in your life

Course available at local venues or in your own garden - we come to you and carry out the course in your own garden for you or you and upto 12 of your friends

If you are new to gardening it's difficult to understand where to start with all the Latin plant names, different types of soils and different species of plants needing a range of growing conditions and environments. In response to this need and with feedback from our members and viewers the GardenAdvice Team have created a number of gardening courses especially created for the new gardener. The aim of our gardening courses is to provide you with a basic knowledge of gardening including garden design and pests and diseases to get you started and provide you with ongoing advice from your own gardening expert for a full year through the Gardenadvice MyGardenTeam system, every course we provide comes with 12 months membership to our MyGardenTeam service

Gardening course for beginners and new gardeners. Click Here 

Gardening course for beginners for vegetable growing. Click here 
Gardening course for Wildlife gardening. Click here 

For further details on our gardening courses telephone 01225 637218 or email us at courses@gardenadvice.co.uk
All the GardenAdvice courses are available in the following formats.

Home course for a day in your own garden for you and you and your friends for up to 12 people. One of our GardenAdvice garden advisors comes to you and carries out the course costing £165 per day. We tailor the course to your gardeing interests and the person organising the course gets 12 months membership to our MyGardenTeam service included in the cost. Available to purchase as a gift voucher as a xmas or birthday etc
One day gardening course in a GardenAdvice garden around the UK see our gardening course facebook page for more details costing £165 per person including lunch and membership to our MyGardenTeam service. Available to purchase as a gift voucher as a xmas or birthday etc.

One to three day residential gardening courses at the GardenAdvice gardening school held in our main UK garden 5 miles North of Dorchester, Dorset see our gardening course facebook page for more details costing £180 per person per day including bed and breakfast plus lunch for you and your non gardening partner. Discounts available for single people attending our residential gardening course and two people both attending one of our residential courses sharing a room. Includes membership to our MyGardenTeam service. Available to purchase as a gift voucher as a xmas or birthday etc.

For further information on the Gardenadvice gardening courses including dates and venues please visit our gardening course facebook page by Click here

GardenAdvice gardening courses all come with a year's membership of our MyGardenTeam service to provide you with ongoing gardening support before and after you have attended one of our courses. Click here


Sunday, December 08, 2019

Lawn care - winter can be a difficult time for a lawn if the weather is wet this can encourage fungal disease. Our MyGardenTeam service comes with full lawn care support included up to 75 square metres of lawn


Gardening courses for beginners the perfect Christmas gift for the gardener in your life. All our courses include a years membership to your MyGardenTeam service and are on a number of gardening subject including starting or renovating and existing garden, growing your own vegetables and starting a wildlife garden.
https://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/gardening-courses/index.html

Tuesday, November 05, 2019


Gardening courses for beginners the perfect Christmas gift for the gardener in your life. All our courses include a years membership to your MyGardenTeam service and are on a number of gardening subject including starting or renovating and existing garden, growing your own vegetables and starting a wildlife garden.
https://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/gardening-courses/index.html

Monday, November 04, 2019

Gardening courses for beginners the perfect Christmas gift for the gardener in your life



Gardening courses for beginners the perfect Christmas gift for the gardener in your life. All our courses include a years membership to your MyGardenTeam service designed to support you in your garden for a year with some expert help from the GardenAdvice gardeners

Thursday, December 07, 2017

Looking for a great Christmas gift a partner



Looking for a great Christmas gift a partner that's keen on gardening or wishing to improve your garden a one day gardening course from GardenAdvice could be the ideal gift. Issued as a gift certificate that can be used on a one day course at a number of venues and dates throughout the UK or as a home course - we come to you for the day and carry out the course in your garden. For Further details Click Here 

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Gardening courses for Xmas gifts

Gardening courses created for beginners and new gardeners.

Become a gardener in 2018 with a GardenAdvice Gardening Course - great Xmas present for the gardener in your life from GardenAdvice.co.uk 



Course available at local venues or in your own garden - we come to you and carry out the course in your own garden for you or you and up to 12 of your friends

 If you are new to gardening it's difficult to understand where to start with all the Latin plant names, different types of soils and different species of plants needing a range of growing conditions and environments. In response to this need and with feedback from our members and viewers the GardenAdvice Team have created a number of gardening courses especially created for the new gardener.

The aim of our gardening courses is to provide you with a basic knowledge of gardening to get you started and provide you with ongoing advice from your own gardening expert for a full year through the Gardenadvice MyGardenTeam system, every course we provide comes with 12 months membership to our MyGardenTeam service Gardening course for beginners and new gardeners.
Click Here 

The GardenAdvice one day gardening course for beginners and new gardeners is on the 17th March 2018 at kew village/kew gardens London - ring us or send us an email for more details. Click here For further details on our gardening courses telephone 01225 637218 or email us at courses@gardenadvice.co.uk
 All the GardenAdvice courses are available in the following formats. Home course for a day in your own garden for you and you and your friends for up to 12 people. One of our GardenAdvice garden advisors comes to you and carries out the course costing £145 per day. We tailor the course to your gardening interests and the person organizing the course gets 12 months membership to our MyGardenTeam service included in the cost.

Available to purchase as a gift voucher as a Xmas or birthday etc . One day gardening course in a GardenAdvice garden around the UK see our gardening course Facebook page for more details

Monday, December 19, 2011

GardenAdvice New services list 2012

View all the current GardenAdvice services created by our team to help you enjoy and get the most out of your gardening. View the details below or click here to download our services pdf file.


Free Online gardening Advice
Our free online gardening advice service is designed to answer your garden questions by providing you with emailed answers often with links to free how to video clips and is available with or without membership to GardenAdvice.co.uk. However, we recommend that you take out the free membership option as members receive priority http://gardenadvice.co.uk/advisor/freeadvice/index.html

Free Garden Design Course
Our GardenAdvice advisors have designed this course to enable you to team up with one of our design experts to help you design your own garden at home with a lot of help from us. The course has been designed to aid novice and experienced gardeners alike. To complete the course you do not need any plant knowledge, landscape knowledge or drawing skills. http://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/project/design/index.html
Free Garden Border Design Service
http://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/advisor/designadvice/border.html
Send us the shape and size of your border and we will design it or you. The border design service is part of our garden design section. Your border will be designed by our fully qualified and time served garden designers. This is a free service for garden borders up to 20 square metres.

Membership packages
Standard Membership - Free
http://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/club/join/index.html
Standard Membership is free and gives you the quickest growing range of benefits for your garden:
Free Priority Advice By E-mail and Telephone
Free weekly Video Gardening Calendar by email
10 free SMS and/or text plant and pest alerts for your garden
Free "World Of Gardening" DVD and Free Magazine In PDF format 4 times a year.


MyGardenTeam Membership-£39 per anum after a free 14 day no obligation trial
http://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/my-garden-team
Your own personal online garden expert to help you with your gardening projects and plans
Online garden log to keep all your notes and a record of the progress of your garden.
Online calendars created by your garden expert including pruning dates, vegetable sowing times, pest alerts etc also includes unlimted email and/or sms/text alerts
Estimating service included up to 5 hours every 6 months

MyGardenTeam-Plus upgrade
- £40 upgrade per anum to the MyGardenTeam service includes a Garden advisor visit and 50 percent off up to 5 of our one day gardening one day gardening courses.

MyGardenTeam plus Membership-£79 per anum after a free 14 day no obligation trial ( not including the Garden Visit element )
http://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/my-garden-team
Your own personal online garden expert to help you with your gardening projects and plans
Online garden log to keep all your notes and a record of the progress of your garden.
Online calendars created by your garden expert including pruning dates, vegetable sowing times, pest alerts etc also includes unlimted email and/or sms/text alerts
Estimating service included up to 5 hours every 6 months
Garden advisor visit and 50 percent off up to 5 of our one day gardening one day gardening courses.

Other GardenAdvice Products
Mini MyGardenTeam project - £25 for 12 weeks
Mini project is designed to provide you ongoing planning and advice on a garden project it proves you with our MyGardenTeam services for 30 days and is aimed as such projects as lawn drainage, decking projects, garden walls.

Estimating service £30 per hour - Our estimating service has been created to work out the materials you need for a project and to obtain you the best quotes from a number of suppliers for the materials required. Example = An estimate for the material for a large patio would normally take 1 hour and save our client or viewer on average £55 ( base on standard builders merchant costs, as against our overall volume discount )

One day gardening courses - £99 for a one day course including lunch
http://http://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/gardening-courses/index.html
If you are new to gardening it can all seem a little bit complicated at first with all the Latin names and the gardening terminology.
GardenAdvice.co.uk have developed a especially designed short one day course to be able to teach you all the basic skills of gardening to get you started.
The courses are being held locally thought the U.K and cover such basic skills as pruning, growing organic vegetables, correct digging methods, growing your own shrubs and creating the perfect lawn.

Garden advisor visiting service - £50 to £65
http://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/advisor/freeadvice/visiting.html
At GardenAdvice we offer a great range of products to help you achieve your gardening ambitions one of which is the advisor visiting service.
One of our horticultural advisors will visit you at home, at a time to suit you, and provide you with some of the best advice around on your garden for £50 to £65 depending on were you live..

Corporate Membership
The same as Standard Membership Plus as a corporate member your business or organizations employees or members as well as the standard membership will be provided with the following benefits
up to 4 free lunch time or evening workshops at your business premises talks on a gardening subject for your employees every year. ( Currently only available in the UK, Northern Europe,Canada and the US )
Garden Advisor visits and the MyGardenTeam
One Day Gardening Courses
Discounts and exclusive offers from a whole range of Gardenadvice partners ranging from discounts and exclusive offers on new cars to free vegetable seeds.
Co branded newsletters and weekly gardening calendars
Free 15 hours consultancy with our Environmental team advisors per year for you business


GardenAdvice.co.uk Corporate Membership is £100 per anum after a 30 day free trial and is available to businesses and organizations with more the 12 employees ( GardenAdvice Corporate Membership is available worldwide )

Tuesday, December 06, 2011

New GardenAdvice.co.uk - MyGardenTeam service out of beta testing

MyGardenTeam - Its a simple idea that provides you with your own gardening expert in the form of a personal gardening assistant. A real live fully trained gardener to give you advice on your gardening questions and projects and if you need it a helping hand to get you started or to rescue a gardening project thats gone slightly stray.

Together with your very own gardening expert on the MyGardenTeam team you will plan the objectives for your gardening project. You might want to rescue an existing garden which has turned into a jungle or start a new garden from stratch. Then your MyGardenTeam expert will create a plan of action just for you taking into account your objectives and the time and resourses you have available


Friday, August 19, 2011

GardenAdvice- Gardening Course Gift Vouchers
Giving Great Gifts - Another fun and exciting way to increase and improve your gardening skills. If you wish to make a kind gesture or simply a thoughtful gift to a friend our One Day Gardening Course Gift Voucher is the perfect gift to give. The voucher can be used at any of our One Day courses and is valid up to 12 months. For further details and to obtain your Voucher Today visit : http://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/gardening-courses/index.html

GardenAdvice - Wedding Flowers Plus

Getting Married? - If you are planning your wedding or your son or daughter's special day this new addition to our wide range of services at GardenAdvice is just for you.
This idea originated based on the large number of members and viewers who over the years have had a huge demand for advice on growing flowers for an upcoming wedding.

Grow Your own Wedding Flowers - The MyGardenTeam provides you with your own personal online expert who will help you plan and organise your garden with the use of calendars, emails and SMS messages created to keep you informed and guide you throughout the entire process from the sowing of the seeds to the presentation of the flowers all with the aim of making your wedding day a beautiful, magical and memorable day.

For further information and to sign up for a Free 14 day trial of Wedding Flowers Plus visit us at:

Garden Advice Visiting Advice Service

Introducing another one of our wide range of products and services here at GardenAdvice is the Garden Advice Visiting Advice Service. With our mission being to help one achieve their ultimate garden dreams we will dispatch one of our Horticultural Advisors to your home at a time suitable to you and provide you with expert advice on your garden. Visits last 1 to 2 hours and cover advice on Lawns, Pest, Renovation,House Plants, Wild Flowers and much more. To receive your quote and arrange your visit email us at: http://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/advisor/freeadvice/visiting.html

August 19th, 2011 · No Comments

Tomato Time – Do your tomatoes grow Early or Late? No worries as this is natural in tomatoes which come in two growth types, type one is called Determinate. Determinates have vines that grow to a ‘determined’point and stop, making them compact and bushy. They grow to about 4 ft high and put out flowers and fruit all at one time. Type two is called Indeterminate, this type is a good bet for a later fruit. Indeterminates continue growing upward producing flowers along the way and later fruit. The growth of indeterminates is right at the top and gradually snipping that off allows the plant to focus on the business of ripening the tomatoes. This method will allow the plant to get plenty sun and circulation to the fruit without worrying that it will affect or drain the fruit as tomatoes are forgiving.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Get the most most from GardenAdvice.co.uk

Become a member - check out the benefits
Free online gardening advice - send us your question and/or pictures and we will send you the answers
MyGardenTeam service - just like having a personal trainer but for your garden
Free garden design course - Teams you up with our designers to help you design your own garden
Gardening courses - courses to help get you started in gardening

GardenAdvice.co.uk - the Home of Great Gardening Experience.

Come and look around our garden site! There's lots to see and good advice to make your garden grow with help on plants, colours, soils, seeds, flowers, shrubs, fruit and vegetables and a host of other subjects. We have competitions and special offers, you can browse our features, gardening news, calendar and top tips. You can learn from past projects and see how garden design can work for you.

We will help you with problems and queries, or to achieve the looks, the sounds and the scents you want to personalise your own garden. Use the site to find recommended and approved suppliers for a large range of products.

With advice and services from GardenAdvice.co.uk, gardeners from the very young to the most experienced will achieve gardening ambitions and enjoy their garden more. Practical advice for real gardens comes from our team of expert, professional gardeners, all ready to help you achieve your gardening ambitions.

GardenAdvice has been growing with help from the top professionals at horticultural organisations, Great British gardens and best plantsmen and nurseries. Their advice will be both creative and practical.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Gardenadvice Corporate membership

Join The GardenAdvice Club as a Corporate member. Our Corporate membership is open to organizations and businesses with more than 12 employees or members.

As part of a corporate membership your employees or members can enjoy the full benefits of GardenAdvice.co.uk membership plus additional benefits.

Standard Membership provides your employees and members with the following benefits:

  • Free Priority Advice By E-mail and Telephone
  • Free Video Gardening Calendar E-mail
  • Free " World Of Gardening" CD-ROM and Quarterly Free Magazine In PDF format
  • 14 day free MyGardenTeam Trial Your expert Personal Expert Gardener online

Plus as a corporate member your business or organizations employees or members as well as the standard membership will be provided with the following benefits

  • up to 4 free lunch time or evening workshops at your business premises talks on a gardening subject for your employees every year. ( Currently only available in the UK, Northern Europe,Canada and the US )
  • 30 percent discount on the following GardenAdvice services and courses
    Garden Advisor visits and the MyGardenTeam service
    One Day Gardening Courses

  • Discounts and exclusive offers from a whole range of Gardenadvice partners ranging from discounts and exclusive offers on new cars to free vegetable seeds.
  • Co branded newsletters and weekly gardening calendars
  • Free 15 hours consultancy with our Environmental team advisors per year for you business

GardenAdvice.co.uk Corporate Membership is £100 per annum after a 30 day free trial and is available to businesses and organizations with more the 12 employees ( GardenAdvice Corporate Membership is available worldwide )

For further information on GardenAdvice.co.uk corporate membership please email us atgraham@gardenadvice.co.uk

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Garden Bulbs - an investment in the future
Early autumn always sees a great investment in the future spring colours in the garden as gardeners all over the UK start to plant next years crop of garden bulbs

Garden bulbs
It is still not too late to plant spring flowering garden bulbs. Spring flowering bulbs can be planted up to November and even into December if the weather is mild. There are many beautiful ones to choose from more

Garden bulbs -Using for colour all year round
Bulbs are often the first plants to herald the end of winter and the start of the spring. Few people can fail to be cheered by the sight of a snowdrop in January, or the first daffodils in February. Carefully chosen, bulbs can keep the garden supplied with changing colour from January to December more