Observations, practical advice and stories from gardens across Hampshire and West Berkshire
The Project Garden Journal is where we share what we notice while caring for gardens throughout the seasons.
You’ll find practical guidance, thoughtful observations and honest stories about planting, lawn care, changing weather, wildlife and the technology beginning to shape modern garden care.
What you’ll find in the Journal
- What the garden needs now — timely seasonal observations
- Why gardens behave as they do — soil, water, weather and plants
- Ideas worth trying — practical improvements rather than fashion
- What we’re learning — experiences from real gardens and changing technology.
The Journal Begins Here
Our first Project Garden Journal stories are now being published. We write about what we encounter in real gardens: changing seasons, planting decisions, lawn care, wildlife, water, garden technology and the occasional mistake from which something useful can be learned.
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What Your Garden Is Telling You at the End of Summer
Five things worth noticing before you start trying to fix everything By late summer, a garden has stopped pretending. The lawn shows where it struggles. Plants reveal whether they like where they have been put. Dry areas become obvious. So do places where water sits for too long. Some borders are still full of life;…
Let the garden come to you
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We’ll write when there is something worth sharing — usually once or twice a month, with occasional Project Garden news.
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