Winter is a good time of year to carry out some lawn repairs, though landscape gardeners start thinking about non-essential tasks like this as soon as plant and grass growth has slowed a bit. As a garden designer as well as a landscape gardener I remain busy throughout the year, but being based in Glasgow I take any dry days that I can to carry out potentially muddy tasks like this. We can also touch on other common lawn issues and the essentials of keeping a lawn that doesn’t deteriorate over the years, without going to excessive expense.

Pruning, especially tree pruning, is something that fills many gardeners with dread, and if you are dealing with a fruit tree or valued shrub, it will be worth looking for professional help. If you are getting in a professional, look for an experienced horticulturist as opposed to someone who only works as a landscape gardener or garden designer. Tom carries out apple, pear and cherry tree pruning in the Glasgow area.

Pruning of Wisteria can be an intimidating job, and whilst it needn’t be, let’s get one thing straight – your Wisteria is not going to die if you don’t prune it. With enough space, Wisteria is happy to roam and will continue to flower. However, to get the best from them, and especially if you have limited space, they should be getting pruned twice per year. Although Tom's main services are garden design and landscape gardening in the Glasgow area, he sometimes has time to help with horticultural tasks like this too!

What is bare-root planting? And what are rootball plants? Both are ways of planting trees, hedges and some shrubs (such as roses) in the least costly way you can, and also at the horticulturally best time of year, as the planting process hapens while the plants are dormant over the winter. Bare-root plants arrive with their roots exposed (but in a bag of some sort), and rootballs are used for heavier plants where the roots are encased in soil within a hessian sack. Tom offers the supply and planting of bare-root and rootball hedges and trees in the Glasgow area.