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Garden Stories – Planting with Lucy – Part Four

I hope you all enjoyed my previous blog post on planting in the Copper Beech Planter. I’m back with more inspiration ideas to help you create your own perfect cottage garden!   Vintage Wootton Planter Size(s): 2x Small and Medium Plants featured: Small: Hosta – Blue Mouse Ears; Nepeta ‘Six Hills Giant’ Medium: Verbena Bonariensis ‘Lollipop’; Salvia […]

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Garden Stories – Planting with Lucy – Part Three

I hope you all enjoyed my previous blog post on planting in the Keswick Vintage Zinc Planter. I’m back with more inspiration ideas to help you create your own perfect garden space! Vintage Copper Beech Planter Size(s): Small, Medium, Large Plants featured: Large: Trachelospermum Jasminoides Medium: Digitalis Albiflora, Agapanthus ‘Black Beauty’ Small: Astrantia Gill Richardson, Geranium Sanguineum […]

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Garden Stories – Planting with Lucy – Part Two

I hope you all enjoyed my previous blog post on how to bring a little Chelsea to your garden. I’m back with more inspiration ideas to help you create your own perfect garden space! Keswick Vintage Zinc Planter Size(s): Small, Extra Small Plants featured: Small: Hosta ‘Halycon’ Extra Small: Hosta ‘Blue Cadet’ These vintage zinc planters will […]

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Garden Stories – Planting with Lucy – Part One

Hey, it’s Lucy here, from Lucy’s Garden, I’m super excited to be sharing my first ‘planting with Lucy’ blog! Over the next few months I will be sharing some of my planting design ideas which you could use to “Bring a little Chelsea” to your garden… It’s all about the clever use of pots to […]

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Foras Gardening Tips

During this lockdown period, we’re going to share with you some very helpful tips and tricks to get your garden looking it’s best! 8 Top Tips for Planting Troughs 1. A trough is an attractive alternative to a wooden raised bed. They are available in many shapes and sizes and are easy to maintain. They’ll […]

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