tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62597032011-12-19T10:00:29.957-08:00Gardenadvice.co.ukWeb 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.Tim Whitcombenoreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259703.post-66720557417553975802011-12-19T09:58:00.000-08:002011-12-19T10:00:29.965-08:00GardenAdvice New services list 2012View 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 AdviceOur free online gardening advice service is designed to answer your garden questions by providing you with emailed answers often with links toTim Whitcombenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259703.post-91956131317701864142011-12-06T12:09:00.000-08:002011-12-06T12:13:18.059-08:00New 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 Tim Whitcombenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259703.post-9588057794898050742011-08-19T15:30:00.000-07:002011-08-19T15:32:38.566-07:00GardenAdvice- 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 Tim Whitcombenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259703.post-1491716516564964132011-08-19T14:13:00.000-07:002011-08-19T15:35:36.865-07:00 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 Tim Whitcombenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259703.post-46450102504622651512011-08-19T14:00:00.000-07:002011-08-19T15:38:42.467-07:00Garden 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 Tim Whitcombenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259703.post-21102450028853606472011-08-19T13:44:00.001-07:002011-08-19T13:59:42.865-07:00Lets Talk TomatoesAugust 19th, 2011 · No CommentsTomato 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 calledTim Whitcombenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259703.post-35237603756441696622011-03-13T05:06:00.000-07:002011-03-13T05:18:01.694-07:00Get the most most from GardenAdvice.co.ukBecome a member - check out the benefits Free online gardening advice - send us your question and/or pictures and we will send you the answersMyGardenTeam 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 gardenFree Border design service Gardening Tim Whitcombenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259703.post-62422554478354885412011-01-28T15:35:00.000-08:002011-01-28T15:39:24.292-08:00Gardenadvice Corporate membershipJoin 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 Tim Whitcombenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259703.post-90977266251826700222008-09-30T14:05:00.000-07:002008-09-30T14:15:21.341-07:00Garden 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 bulbsGarden bulbsIt 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 manyTim Whitcombenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259703.post-56127938218498701492008-09-25T03:55:00.000-07:002008-09-25T03:59:15.722-07:00Internet business model for baby clothing and equipmentWorking through the internet we often come across many different business model that have been developed on the internet and can only exist on the internet. One such business model we came across recently is bestdeal4baby.co.uk which recycles baby clothing and equipment such as prams etc.It leverages email and digital cameras that are now Tim Whitcombenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259703.post-66656289778874511532008-06-14T06:21:00.000-07:002008-06-14T06:51:10.033-07:00Invoice Discounting and Factoring - Cashflow Our New SectionOver a number of years we seen the internet grow in its use as marketing tool to its current state in which most businesses cannot afford to leave it out of their marketing plans. With this in mind we have today started a new section on the GardenAdvice.co.uk web site thats aimed at providing advice on a number of issues in relationTim Whitcombenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259703.post-62027550091532195762008-06-04T11:41:00.000-07:002008-06-14T06:21:37.697-07:00The main topic in our office at the moment is the weatherThis is mainly because it causing us a few problem on our own gardens. With all the changes in weather one minute its cold, then next hot and then heavy rain. If you are a vegetable gardener then it can be soul destroying. Hours spent on creating a seed bed which can be destroyed in minutes. Regardless of the current weather patterns it Tim Whitcombenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259703.post-9148761129112814512008-05-16T14:07:00.000-07:002008-06-14T06:18:14.446-07:00Gardening booksAs we started Gardenadvice almost 8 years ago we wondered at the time what the future would hold and if gardening books would decline in popularity. However 8 years later and we have the answer, both gardening books and gardening content on web sites have found there place. with gardening books becoming more popular than ever in providing inspiration and information for your Tim Whitcombenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259703.post-1167487981853295382006-12-30T06:11:00.000-08:002007-01-19T14:05:00.750-08:00Wildlife gardening courses and advice in changing timesIts interesting to see how popular creating and designing gardens for wildlife has now become in the UK over the last few years. Gardens created around wildlife is not a new style or development it has been around since gardens were first developed. The diversity of plants in a garden has naturally encouraged and attracted a wide selection Tim Whitcombenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259703.post-1162671254115886682006-11-04T12:08:00.000-08:002006-11-04T12:14:14.133-08:00Virgin trains - How to destroy a brand and a great lesson for us in customer services. Committed to the use of public transport we have over the last five years extensively used the train network in the UK and France, however recently we have decided to stop using Virgin trains as the service has become so bad it is now unworkable. Whilst I am sure it all looks fine on paper with a large Tim Whitcombenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259703.post-1160766825481562122006-10-13T12:06:00.000-07:002006-10-13T12:13:45.496-07:00Our cutting edge research on earthwormsWhen we tell people about our research project on worms they are never quite sure if we are joking or not. Well we are not joking, most people are surprised to find out how many of the questions and advice we are asked for includes answers that suggests increasing the population of earthworms. Here are just a few to give you an idea Garden drainage - Tim Whitcombenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259703.post-1159986843724970472006-10-04T11:26:00.000-07:002006-10-04T11:51:55.393-07:00Climate change - Time to educate people how to adaptIts amazing to consider that every day we are being told that the UK as a small Island on the planet we can make a difference in controlling climate change. Although we might be able to set a good example our good intentions with regards to the reduction in carbon emissions are greatly over shadowed by actions of larger populations such as Tim Whitcombenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259703.post-1157405929887868352006-09-04T14:33:00.000-07:002006-09-05T08:58:02.176-07:00Mission Critical - It could be a Lamista Indian in Peru When we started GardenAdvice.co.uk we had one main objective in mind, to simply provide people with advice on gardening. We imagined at the time that this advice would be on such subjects as how to sow a lawn, prune a rose etc. However we soon had questions and requests for advice from all over the world, in fact today we have members and Tim Whitcombenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259703.post-1157295560715619442006-09-03T07:55:00.000-07:002006-09-04T10:57:10.313-07:00Downloadable Video - the way forwardAs most of our members and viewers are new to gardening they spend a lot of time researching and gaining information on the main web site GardenAdvice.co.uk Back in 2000 we started with a text base site that has always worked well. However as the internet and other media technologies have progressed it is now possible for us to deliver information to our Tim Whitcombenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259703.post-1157276206865633512006-09-03T02:16:00.000-07:002006-09-04T14:46:16.286-07:00Your very own garden expert onlineAfter 3 years developing the concept of a personal garden expert service on the internet August 2006 became the first month the service was released to a limited number of our members. The new service is called MyGardenTeamTogether with your very own gardening expert on the MyGardenTeam team you will plan the objectives for your gardening project. You might want Tim Whitcombenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259703.post-1157230114236175052006-09-02T13:34:00.000-07:002006-09-02T14:59:26.970-07:00Our commitment to the Schools Wildlife Project - Stage Two In May 2004 after 12 months planning we stared our school wildlife project as an extension of our Young Gardeners club. The aim of the scheme is through the establishment of a number of schools wildlife gardens and the creation of online software to encourage students to educate themselves in three main areas -The use of the internet Tim Whitcombenoreply@blogger.com