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Practical guidance for keeping a garden well.
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Dead Hedging
Willow Alexander Gardeners: Learn about dead hedging, its eco-friendly benefits, and how to create sustainable garden boundaries for biodiversity and privacy.
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The Gardeners’ Toolkit
Willow Alexander Gardeners: Explore effective organic pest control methods to protect your plants while nurturing a sustainable garden. Start gardening wisely!
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Essential Lawn Maintenance Tips for a Lush Lawn
Willow Alexander Gardeners: practical notes on mowing, feeding, scarifying and the small routines that keep a lawn looking its best through the year.
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Effective Organic Pest Control Methods for Your Garden
Willow Alexander Gardeners: Discover eco-friendly pest control methods for a thriving garden. Learn organic techniques and our gardening services today!
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Mastering Hedge Trimming: Best Practices and Tips
Willow Alexander Gardeners: Master hedge trimming with our expert tips and services to enhance your garden
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Willow Alexander Gardeners: Celebrating our 2024 Greater London Award for Best Sustainable Home & Garden Maintenance. Join us in our green journey!
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How to Care for your Garden Tools
The colder winter months when you might be spending less time tending to your garden is a great opportunity to get your tools and gardening equipment in check. Taking proper care of your tools will help them last longer, and work better, so it is best to maintain them as much as you can. Read […]
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Benefits of Growing Lemongrass
Lemongrass, or Cymbopogon, is a perennial herb of tropical origin, and member of the grass family. It grows a beautiful fountain of smooth, arching leaves that can reach up to 5ft. Lemongrass gets its name from its distinct lemon-like taste and smell. Its stems are commonly used for cooking and the
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Benefits of a Garden Maintenance Subscription
There can be many benefits of a professional garden maintanence subscription, from simply saving yourself time, to increasing the curb appeal of your home. Have you been wondering if a garden maintanence service might be right for you? Keep reading to find out 5 benefits of a garden maintanence subs
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How to Reuse your Halloween Pumpkins
It is estimated that of the 39.9 million pumpkins sold this Halloween 22.2 million will go to landfill. Here are 5 ways to re-purpose your Halloween pumpkins this year.
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Secrets to Growing Healthy Herbs
Growing your own resources can be a great step in your sustainability journey and your garden development. Herbs are versatile and pretty easy to care for, which make them the perfect start your home harvest! Here are our secrets for successfully growing your own herbs and our 5 top picks for beginn
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Coffee the Garden
Have you ever thought about reducing your waste, by reusing your waste? Many things that we throw away in our day to day lives can actually be repurposed, starting with your morning cup of coffee.
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The Grass is Greener at Wimbledon
The battle is on for the Wimbledon titles – arguably the most famous tennis tournament in the world. But do you ever think of Wimbledon as a garden?
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Ten simple changes for a cleaner, greener life.
Would it surprise you to know that in the UK 40% of carbon emissions actually come from our homes? Here are 10 ideas to help your home run more efficiently.
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It’s harder being a Green Gardener than you’d think.
When we started out on our mission to make ourselves a cleaner, greener company we thought it would be easy. Not cheap, not quick, but fairly straight-forward thanks to the fact that most of what we do involves working outside, in people’s gardens, in nature – the very thing we’re trying to protect.
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Willow Garden Designer Spotlight – Gija
I am a designer here at Willow Alexander and I am passionate about creating beautiful outdoor spaces to connect people to people, and nature.