Lia Leendertz

Bristol

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Articles

what to plant and tidy in your garden this month

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Lia Leendertz |Victoria Maw |Xanthe Clay |Val Bourne

We have reached midsummer, the roses are blooming and borders are at their peak, fresh and floriferous. Days are light and warm and dusk is long and beautiful, crying out for us to be in the garden late into the evening. It is a time for pottering and for beginning to enjoy the fruits of our labours. The main sowing and planting season is behind us and the tasks of the moment are watering, tying in, nipping out, tasks that can mostly be done with a chilled glass of wine in one hand.
A Garden in Your Cup: Growing tisanes with the help of the greenhouse

3 weeks ago | hartley-botanic.co.uk | Lia Leendertz

Throughout winter my greenhouse played host to many miserable looking specimens, semi-hibernating through the coldest months, but there was one that I am always particularly delighted to see leap back into life come spring. Bright and citrusy, lemon verbena provides perhaps the best scent in the garden – rub the leaves and bring your fingers to your nose and it is filled with the scent of lemon sherbet – and it makes possibly the best tisane.
Houseplant holiday time

1 month ago | hartley-botanic.co.uk | Lia Leendertz

The greenhouse has been pressed into unexpected service this week, as the annual houseplant holiday has hit a bit of a snag. Every winter my houseplants struggle with the low light and the dry centrally heated air, and by late spring they are look wan and drawn. And so every summer, when the weather turns warm, I put them outside. I put them just outside the back door, in a sheltered spot, some of them in sun but most of them in shade.
Martha Stewart's tips for creating a perfect garden

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Boudicca Fox-Leonard |Lia Leendertz |Tom Brown |Simon Lewis

Create your own charming outdoor space with a little help from America's homemaking queenMartha Stewart is the original lifestyle influencer. For four decades, the American businesswoman has been an authority on all things cooking, decorating and general home-making wholesomeness. Before there was ever Instagram, and even before Gwyneth created GOOP, Stewart was the honey-haired all-American domestic goddess.
Gardening in May: what to plant and tidy in your garden this month

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Lia Leendertz

The late tulips are in bloom, lilac is in great billowing flower, and there is still lots of blossom around – hawthorn and apple are in full swing. Gardens are fresh and beautiful, full of young foliage and early summer flowers: alliums, foxgloves and irises. This is the month that should finally see us step into summer, and by the end of the month we should be guaranteed frost free all over the country. But watch out before then.
The Tomato Hokey-Cokey

2 months ago | hartley-botanic.co.uk | Lia Leendertz |Bob Flowerdew |Jean Vernon |John Walker

The greenhouse can do many wonderful things, particularly at this time of year, but one of the things it cannot do is make up for me having bought tomato plants too early. I know this lesson. I learned it many years ago, or at least I should have. Tomatoes grow fast, and as they do so they love light, warmth, water, food and space. They do not love frost, to put it mildly.
Fountain grass - by Bob Flowerdew

2 months ago | hartley-botanic.co.uk | Bob Flowerdew |Jean Vernon |John Walker |Lia Leendertz

Brighten up your greenhouse with tubs of colourful Fountain Grasses in red, crimson or purple marked foliage. Good splashes of colour these are especially useful amongst taller plants camouflaging bare stems or disguising tubs. Fountain Grasses are remarkably easy to care for with minimal attention yet respond with luxuriant displays throughout the growing season. The original Fountain Grass is Pennisetum setaceum an invasive perfidious weed of scrubland throughout much of Africa and Asia.
'I know my garden gnomes are naff, but they make me smile'

2 months ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ria Higgins |Tom Brown |Lia Leendertz |Kulwinder Singh Rai

The rugby legend opens up about his Chelsea Flower Show garden inspired by living with HIV, and finding sanctuary in natureWhere do you live? My husband Stephen and I moved into our current house at the end of last summer. We had been living right on the Welsh coast but, as idyllic as it was, it also came with a lot of problems - including the noise and smoke from beach parties and bonfires. So, we decided to move to the country, just outside Bridgend, which is where I'm from.
a guide to borders, wildlife gardening and vegetable plots

2 months ago | msn.com | Lia Leendertz

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The beginner's guide to greenhouse gardening

Mar 21, 2025 | telegraph.co.uk | Tom Brown |Clare Coulson |Val Bourne |Lia Leendertz

Advantages* A wooden frame can insulate and maintain warmer temperatures and does not lose heat as quickly as a metal frame. * It offers great design flexibility. * It's available in kit form as well as bespoke. Disadvantages* Pest build-up can be an issue with a wooden frame, and it requires more intricate cleaning compared to a metal one. * More regular maintenance will be required to keep the framing in good condition.